# Maxim Kovalevsky — Mutual Aid character guide

> Maxim Kovalevsky in Mutual Aid by Peter Kropotkin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Kovalevsky, Maxim Kovalevsky, Prof. Maxim Kovalevsky, M. Kovalevsky

**First appearance:** 0005-iv-mutual-aid-among-the-barbarians

## Who they are

Russian sociologist and historian of communal land tenure and medieval guilds.

## In the story

### [Mutual Aid Among Savages](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mutual_aid_se/chapters/iii-mutual-aid-among-savages)

Kovalevsky is mentioned among the scholars who helped establish that early humans lived in societies, not isolated families.

### [VII: The Origin of the Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mutual_aid_se/chapters/vii-the-origin-of-the-family)

Referenced as a follower of Bachofen and Morgan, and as a contributor to the study of primitive institutions.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mutual_aid_se/chapters/endnotes)

Referenced for works on primitive law and village communities.

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