This book is not a praise of Putin, not an apology. This is an attempt to investigate how our country is reborn from the ashes of "perestroika" and "market reforms," what energies of Russian civilization of the past, present and future are focused today in the personality of the current president of Russia, why exactly Vladimir Putin becomes the capstone of domestic statehood, what forces at home and abroad oppose the Russian revival, around what key problems and positions conflicts flare up, the resolution of which will determine the future not only of Russia, but of the whole world.