This book continues the unique series “History of Russian and World Culture”. In the book by V.B. Mironov and S.A. Golubev “Rus between the South, East and West” examines the formation of the Old Russian state, which was the fruit of centuries-old efforts of many peoples inhabiting the huge Eurasian massif. History has developed an amazing resilience and adaptability of the type that established itself on the territory of the Old Russian state, making it extremely susceptible to different cultures, and at the same time unbending and invincible. Located at the crossroads that connected the West and the East, Russia was destined to become the coordinator of world civilization.