摘要：B.I. Builo (Moscow state university of transport. Moscow, Russia) Culture traditions and formation of Russian national self-consciousness in the views of N. Berdyaev Russia, according to N. Berdyaev, advocates a kind of the point of intersection of the two main streams of world history - East and West. It combines both of these worlds, combining a bizarre way in the Russian soul east and west beginning. Confrontation between the two began in the traditions and character of the Russian people largely determined by the characteristics and specificities of its history. Contradictions and opposites development can be found in many people lives, but in Russia they reach the highest degree of polarization. The reasons for this phenomenon is largely due to the dual nature of the character of Russian people. It organically coexists two poles of world culture: East and West. East and West must become Russia and Russia should finally establish Europe and Asia. It is its world vocation. Key words: community, collegiality, identity, freedom, wanderer, prophet, holiness, cosmopolitanism and nationalism, intellectuals. June, 2, 2014
