The first independent publication of the 2013 text, in which the scenario of confrontation between Russia and the West—and prospects for how it would develop—were predicted. The book has been significantly revised and expanded, and underwent scientific editing. The history of Russia is considered as one of the main lines of world and European history. The authors see the fate of the Russian civilization on the path of the fundamental resolution of contradictions lying at the basis of European development—contradictions being carried out by Russia.