"THE NATIONAL IDEA IN RUSSIA": MEANING AND PURPOSE
The article deals with the essential aspects of the discussion about the place and the role of the Slavonic world and Russia in the system of the world`s civilization. This discussion is represented on example of the polemic between V.S. Solovyov and N.Y. Danilevsky. It was described in the book “The national question in Russia” by V.S. Solovyov and “Russia and Europe. A look at the cultural and political relations of the Slavic world to the German-Roman” by N.Y. Danilevsky.