The book is a collection of articles devoted to the political history of Russia and the West, mainly of modern times. They are united by the desire of the authors to show the commonality of the historical process and its special features in various countries, the mutual influence of events in Russia and the foreign world, the role of Russia and the USSR in the history of the peoples of the world of the 20th century. "Russia in the context of world history" - this was the name of the lecture course of Professor Yu.V. Egorov, in whose memory the collection is dedicated.