Who are modern Russians as a political nation? What are the ideological foundations of the modern Russian state? What solutions do we need to find and, most importantly, how and where to look for them? This book represents a Russian view of the history of European civilization, of Russia and ourselves as unconditional and key participants in this history, responsible for its fate, for its future. Authors of the book have been working together for more than a quarter of a century, and this book is the result of many years of reflection and discussion, their true joint creativity. These are historians, philosophers, geopolitical experts, members of the Zinoviev Club of MIA "Russia Today" Dmitry Kulikov, Timofey Sergeytsev and Iskander Valitov.