Over the past 15 years, published a large part of Russian philosophical heritage, carried out or are preparing to publish the collected works. There is a comprehensive electronic library of Russian philosophy, that is, all the conditions for the development of the material, which is an essential part of Russian culture. The importance of study of Russian philosophy also is the fact that Russian thinkers have written, especially about Russia, so Russian philosophy itself is the value of Russian culture. Russian philosophers were far from the armchair of life, writing that stirred Russian society, often raise the most acute, “pain” issues. Therefore, to study Russian philosophy - means to get acquainted with the very spirit of Russia.
Russian philosophy, except for certain periods of its history has been religious in its spirit, its history is closely connected with the history of Russian Theology. In this we agree with the position of. George Florovsky, in work which “Ways of Russian theology, philosophy and theology in Russia are considered together. If it is impossible to explore all areas and all stages of development, the emphasis in the program placed on the period of the Silver Age (late XIX-early XX centuries.) As the most close to us in time. Topics of reports on this course affect and what is not included in the program. With an abundance of recent literature on the subject, we relied on the classical work of VV Zenkovsky and G. Florovsky, because their works in themselves have long been original compositions.