Activities of RSDWP organizations in Ukrainian village at the beginning of the 20 th century: the myth of the soviet historiography about the union between working class and peasantry

The article analyzes main directions of RSDWP organizations activities in Ukrainian village since 1901 to February Revolution of 1917: agitation and propaganda work, creation of social-democratic circles, activities of «agrarian groups». The author has analyzed consolidation of the problem of the union between working class and peasantry in revolutionary events at the beginning of the 20 th century in historical literature and its estimation by the researches of perestroika. It has been concluded on low efficiency of RSDWP activities among the peasants and determined the reasons of peasant movement spontaneity. The following peculiarities of RSDWP work in Ukrainian village are distinguished: activities of united RSDWP organizations, insufficient territorial scope. It is showed baselessness of estimation of peasant struggle in the Soviet historical literature as a unit between working class and peasantry.