Paris commune of 1871

The paper is devoted to the Paris Commune of 1871, the 150th anniversary of which is celebrated this year. The creation of a commune in Paris during the Franco-Prussian War was a landmark event in the history of France in the second half of the 19th century. For 72 days, the capital of the country lived in isolation and did not obey the legal authorities. Moreover, the Communards carried out a number of social reforms in Paris. The author of the article presents the commune on the basis of both old and recent literature and gives his own assessment of the event. © 2021, Rossiiskaya Akademiya Nauk, Institut Istorii (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of General Hist. All rights reserved.