Marxism in Russia: The Origin, Development and Decline of a Doctrine, Volume I (1861-1907) traces the origin and Development of scientific socialism in a backward country like Russia since the abolition of serfdom(1861) and in the process, examines various contending schools of thought such as Narodism, Legal Marxism, Economism, etc. it also deals with the contributions of Plekhanov, the father of Russian Marxism, particularly his critical analyses of eighteenth ...