V monografii izlozheny printsipial'no novye ponyatiya teorii kinematicheskikh par, osnovannye na predstavlenii geometricheskikh elementov zven'ev v vide poverkhnostey, otlichayushchikhsya ikh gaussovoy kriviznoy. Pokazan algoritm obrazovaniya kinematicheskikh par, opredeleny parametry ikh klassifikatsii i sozdany tablitsy kinematicheskikh par. Monografiya prednaznachena dlya studentov mekhanicheskikh spetsial'nostey, izuchayushchikh kurs teorii mekhanizmov i mashin v polnom ob"eme, a takzhe dlya aspirantov i inzhenerov mekhannikov.