Li Dazhao and QuQiubai were important propagators and theorists both of Marxism and the Russian path during the New Culture Movement.They employed the materialist concept of history to research and interpret the Russian path,displaying an advanced understanding that represented the direction of historical development and the level of times with respect to the path,means and objective of revolution;the relations between the situation in Russia,revolution and social construction;the relations between the masses,classes,political parties and the state;the universal laws of the development of human society;the impetus for society’ s development and revolutionary actors;and the social role of ideas,consciousness,conceptual factors,etc.They shared the same identical theoretical direction,intellectual foundations and value cognition,but each had his own distinctive characteristics in terms of understanding.However,they both show the wisdom and scientific cognition of the early Chinese communists in exploring a path for China,offering a window for people to understand the development from the Russian to the Chinese path,and thus constitute valuable intellectual resources for the sinicization of Marxism and the development of contemporary China.