About the book: 2021 / This is a book about the uniqueness of Russian culture. An extremely broad overview - from prehistory to the present - allows us to highlight important archetypes and symbols in architecture, literature, art and religious and philosophical thought. Articles and essays from different years, written in the Soviet Union, France and Russia, are published in updated versions and are focused on the most modern intellectual discourse. The collection includes unpublished and new studies: “The Origins of Russian Identity”, “The Occult Mystery of the Russian Avant-Garde”, “Refugee” to God. Spiritual parables of Alexander Vvedensky”, “Modern novel as a linguistic journey”... A special section is presented by articles devoted to the architecture of the Russian emigration. The essay “The Kremlin, Moscow, Russia” analyzes projects for the virtual and real restoration of monuments of the Moscow Kremlin. The publication is scientific and educational, written in expressive language, well illustrated and intended for a wide range of readers: historians, art historians, philologists, clergy, teachers, students - everyone who seeks to gain a deeper understanding of our national culture.