The authors of the proposed review consider in detail the monograph by A.V. Ivanov, Yu.V. Popkov, I.V. Fotieva, T.A. Artamonova and M.Y. Shishin entitled "Russia in the environment of space and time (experience of a synthetic civilizational approach)": Barnaul: New Format, 2025. - 303 p., including articulating the key ideas of the text, marking their relevance from the point of view of the applicability of the theses put forward in the study to modern Russian society in the context of global challenges and processes, and also exposing the role of Russia, according to the description in the monograph, in the international arena, based on modern geopolitical realities, chronological processes and the formation of national mentalities in a historical context. Russian Russian Westernism and its specifics, conceptualization of the concept of the "Russian World" and consideration of its aspects, the role of Russia in the international arena and national identity, as well as the megacivilizational synchrony and diachrony, rhythms of world history, meridional civilization corridors, latitudinal civilization corridors of Russia, the authors review the material presented in the monograph, covering such issues as the role of Russia in the international arena and national identity. considering the possibility and prospects of returning to the Soviets, as well as the role of non-possessiveness for Russian culture and the question of the expediency of introducing its postulates into the way of modern Russia.