ical consciousness, starting from the times of Ancient Rus' and before Stalin came to power. In the book, the author reveals the most important interweavings and transformations that the ideal of integrity underwent in various currents of Russian social thought, using extensive material to show how and why chiliastic traditions played a significant role in the history of the Russian revolution - both at the stage of its internal maturation and at the moment of the revolutionary explosion. The book by M. Sarkisyants makes it possible to see to what enormous extent the revolution absorbed the traditional ideals of the Russian people and how Marxism destroyed precisely those sources from which it originally drew an important part of its spiritual power. In the epilogue, the author explains why this book could not be published in the USA. The book is intended for everyone interested in the history of Russian culture. The translation has been edited by the author. All stylistic features of the author's text have been preserved.

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