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Plekhanov: Russian Gomparativist

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.

Plekhanov, "the father of Russian Marxism," perceived profound differences between the earlier evolution of West European and of Russian societies, but he believed that the differences had greatly narrowed by the 1880s. With Russia launched on the capitalist path, it was destined soon to have its 1789; and, with the further development of capitalism, a socialist revolution. Although he recognized certain continuing differences between Russia and the West, he was unprepared for the course things took during the revolution of 1905. Others responded more or less creatively to the revolution, while Plekhanov's use of the comparative method failed him at this critical juncture, foreshadowing his impotence in 1917.

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