The first steps of Soviet historical science are the content of the book. It reveals the role of the Communist Party and its founder V.I. Lenin in the development of historical science in our country. The pages of the book show how, during the formation of Soviet historical science, Marxist historians waged a decisive struggle against bourgeois ideology and its influence. Before the reader passes a galaxy of prominent figures of the Communist Party and the Soviet state, who stood at the sources of historical science: N.N. Baturin, M.N. Lyadov, P.N. Lepeshinsky, M.S. Olminsky, V.I. Nevsky, M.N. Pokrovsky, A.S. Bubnov and others. It also tells about young Marxist historians who began their scientific activities at that time.