About the book: 2016 / The reader is invited to a book by the outstanding Soviet historian and statesman M. N. Pokrovsky, which is a course lectures, part of, according to the author, “the first Marxist course in Russian history.” The book provides an overview of the Russian revolutionary movement, starting with the Decembrist uprising and ending with the events of the February Revolution of 1917. Much attention is paid to the economic history of Russia and the influence of industrial and commercial capital on the revolutionary movement. The book is written in a vivid and accessible language, which makes it interesting not only to professional historians, but also to a wide range of readers.