From messianism to nihilism. Than the Russian people alive

Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev - the largest Russian philosopher of the 20th century, after the October Revolution of 1917 was expelled from Russia. Nikolai Onufrievich Lossky is an outstanding representative of Russian religious philosophy, after the revolution, like Berdyaev, he was expelled from Russia and continued his activities in exile.
In the book presented to your attention, the works of N.A. Berdyaeva and N.O. Lossky, dedicated to the attitude of the Russian people. What features prevail in the Russian national consciousness, why, on the one hand, it has always been a bearer of messianic ideas, and on the other, it was distinguished by nihilism, reaching extreme forms of denial and direct cynicism. Each of the authors gives its explanation for this property of the Russian mentality