This book contains essays devoted to the formation of Russian historiosophy and ideas about the special historical path of Russia. The origins of such ideas are the idea of competition between Russia and the West, adopted back in the Petrine era. The author traces competitive overtones in the works of P.Ya.Chaadaev, S.S.Uvarov, I.V.Kireevsky, A.S.Khomyakov, K.S.Aksakov, S.P.Shevyrev,...