About the book: 2014 / Vadim Valerianovich Kozhinov (1930–2001) - Russian critic, literary critic, philosopher, historian. He belongs to the pochvennicheskom direction of modern Russian literature. Kozhinov is the author of numerous books about the history of Russia and Russian culture and is himself one of the key figures of Russian culture of the 20th century. In his book, Vadim Kozhinov turns to history, analyzes the thousand-year relationship between the West and Russia, and clearly shows how different these two civilizations are - ours and western. He does not write who is better or worse - the West or Russia, but only emphasizes how different we are. And if the West is no worse than us, then we are in no way worse than the West! In his collected works, Kozhinov actively and powerfully opposes the humiliation of our country and our people.