Plekhanov, G. V. Fundamental Questions of Marxism (Osnovnye voprosy marksizma), 1929. In Russian.

Плеханов Г. В.
Основные вопросы марксизма. / (Серия: «Библиотека марксиста». Выпуск VI).
Москва : Государственное издательство (Госиздат), 1929.
128 с. ; Обычный формат. Мягкая издательская обложка. Тираж 20,000 экз.
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Plekhanov, Georgy.
Fundamental Questions of Marxism. / (Series: "Marxist's Library," Issue VI).
Moscow : State Publishing House (Gosizdat), 1929.
128 pp. ; Regular format. Original softcover. Edition of 20,000 copies.

This 1929 edition of Georgy Plekhanov’s Fundamental Questions of Marxism is a significant artifact of Soviet ideological history, published at a time when the "Father of Russian Marxism" was still revered as the primary architect of historical materialism. Issued as the sixth volume in the "Marxist's Library" series, this work remains one of Plekhanov’s most systematic defenses of the Marxist worldview. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of monist philosophy, including the arrangement of arguments concerning the relationship between base and superstructure, the role of geography in social development, and the critique of subjective sociology. Plekhanov’s prose famously bridges the gap between the classical Marxism of Engels and the revolutionary developments in early 20th-century Russian thought, emphasizing the dialectical necessity of historical progress.
Published by Gosizdat in 1929, this slim 128-page volume reflects the transition in Soviet publishing from the scholarly plurality of the NEP era to the more rigid ideological consolidation of the late 1920s. Despite the political shifts, Plekhanov’s work continued to serve as the standard introductory text for party members and students of philosophy. The softcover edition, featuring a minimalist academic design, was produced in a substantial run of 20,000 copies to meet the needs of the state’s massive political education program. For collectors of early Soviet political theory and bibliophiles specializing in Marxist-Leninist thought, this 1929 Moscow imprint is a vital primary source, capturing the final period in which Plekhanov’s intellectual legacy stood as the unchallenged foundation of Soviet state philosophy.