Russia-West: economic aspect of historical trend in relations

The book will affect a wide range of problems related not only to the economic, but also cultural and civilization aspects of relations between Russia and the West throughout the historically long period, during which one social and economic formation has been shifted. The close relationship between the socio-economic and state development of Russia, which manifested itself as a conscious need to move on a certain trajectory under conditions of permanent external pressure. Taking into account the action of economic laws, the reasons for the gradual divergence of vectors of the movement of Russia and Western countries, which began during the decomposition of primitive-general relations were analyzed. The strengthening of the centralization of state power in Russia is considered primarily in terms of the need for systemic protection of the country from the external hazard and neutralization of the internal heterogeneity of the Russian society. In the context of the political, economic and cultural interaction of Russia with the Western world