For historians and readers interested in Russian history, a new, revised and supplemented edition of the monograph of Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor N.I. Tsimbaev, author of scientific papers, textbooks and publications on the history of social thought in Russia of the 19th century, philosophy of history, historiography and archeography. The monograph is a generalizing study of the history of the Slavophil circle, which for decades played a prominent role in the social and ideological life of Russia. The social prerequisites for the emergence of Slavophilism, its ideological origins are traced.