The nature of the Russian people multi-layered and contradictory, it combines Peter the Great, Prince Myshkin and Khlestakov. . . However, all this, we know that. Why do we need this book, Russian? Why should we "watch" for you? The answer is simple - because we do not understand ourselves. Author of the book "Watching the Russian" Vladimir Zhelvis, Ph.D., a professor and a great expert on the "mysterious Russian soul", offers us his view of the notorious "Russian character". With the stubbornness inherent in a truly Russian man, he tries to find answers to the questions: "What are we, Russian?" and "Why are we?". Having studied the past and the present, the author tries to look into the future. . .