M.V. Zelenov. V.I. Nevsky – participant and historian of the first Russian Revolution. Moscow: Open Text, 2023. 407 p., ill.

Based on various sources, the author highlighted the life and work of V.I. Nevsky, the factors that influenced his scientific work. In the history of the first Russian Revolution, Nevsky was attracted by the theme of the birth and evolution of the Soviets. Diverging from Lenin's views, Nevsky discovered that Soviets were not always born out of strike committees. Developing the history of the Social Democratic Party during the revolution, Nevsky showed that the split between the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks affected the course of the revolution. The Party disorganized the workers on the eve of the revolution and during it. Zelenov noted the beginning of the 1930s as a milestone in the evolution of Nevsky's scientific work, as a result of which he became closer to official historiography.