Peasantry and Power as "two Russias": "dark masses" and "bright future" of domestic history
"The peasant problem" is considered as an essential problem of the Russian studies, in which concentrated all key conflicts of Russian history. The interaction of the Peasantry and the Power is considered as the main factor determining the emergence, progression and overcoming of Russian strife. The question of the legitimacy of Power is solved by the Masses within the system of ancient oppositions "native-opposite" ("friend-or-foe").