Preconditions and character of Russian revolution in the works by representatives of D. Geyer's scientific school

German specialists in Russian and Soviet studies D. Geyer and his followers devoted a lot of their works to the problems of Russian revolution and socio-economic development of Russia at the beginning of the ХХ century. The aim of this article is to analyze the views of Russian revolution researchers on and to evaluate their contribution in the further development of German and Russian studies on the theme.