Vladimir Lenin, Jared Diamond and Martin Heidegger: On one aspect of understanding of early modern history
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Thu, 02/05/2026 - 17:38The article discusses in a broader historical context the well-known thesis of V. I. Lenin that capitalism was formed as a result of a change in the behavior of large merchants, who, after the state achieves political unity and forms a unified market, switch from trade to the organization of production. Researchers of the 17th century Siberia do not find historical confirmation of Lenin’s scheme, however, it is quite applicable to other countries of the early modern period and to the mechanism of the early stage of the colonial expansion of European powers (I. R. Sokolovsky, 2019).