ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the diffusion of Ricardo's theory in Russia far from being an uninterrupted, one-way process. It provides an overview of the development of economics in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russia by focusing on the interpretations of Ricardo's theory that prevailed during this period. The chapter presents a brief outline of the period when the need to discuss pressing economic issues was met mainly by the selective import of the ideas of Western economists. It deals with the period of the formation of a national economic science in Russia. Attention is focused on Rubin as one of the most original Soviet Marxists and a founder of the Soviet version of the history of economic thought. The most complete Russian edition of Ricardo's works was the last sign of active interest in Ricardo in Soviet economic literature. The Sraffian approach did not shake the foundations of the Soviet history of economic thought.
