Moscow, Nauka Publ. 1983. 576 p. Until recently, there was a lack of a comprehensive study of the history of the Russian working class from its birth to its transformation into the hegemon of the liberation movement. The relevance of the topic also lies in the fact that there is a sharp political and ideological struggle against bourgeois falsifiers around its interpretation. In this connection, the monograph prepared by the Institute of the History of the USSR of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in cooperation with the Higher School of the Trade Union Movement of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions (series "History of the Working Class of the USSR") is of great interest. Authors 1 used " a wide range of ip- 1 Authors ' collective: A. P. Bazhova, E. S. Vilenskaya, M. S. Volin, M. Ya. Volkov, N. F. Demidova, N. A. Ivanova, Yu. I. Kiryanov, A. L. Narochnitsky, Yu. Z. Polevoy, A. A. Preobrazhensky, O. D. Sokolov, A.M. Solovyova, A. S. Trofimov. Editorial Board: M. S. Volin, Yu. I. page 133 tochnikov, a significant part of which is being introduced into scientific circulation for the first time. The story begins in the middle of the 17th century, when feudal - serf relations still prevailed in Russia. Industrial production at that time was served by groups of the population, conventionally called work people, whose history for two centuries includes the periods of the formation of large-scale production (XVII-early XVIII c.) and the flourishing of the manufacturing industry (XVIII c.). The production where they were employed was divided into three main groups: one, the predominant, - industrial enterprises The first group consisted mainly of civil labor; the second group consisted of patrimonial enterprises that exploited forced labor; the third group consisted of state - owned and some registered enterprises that combined both types of labor. In the field of view of the authors were also attributed peasants engaged in manufacturing, and otkhodniki. Despite ... Читать далее