Russian Cultural Code: A Formula of Synergy

Abstract

The article is devoted to the search for the cultural code of Russian civilization relevant to modern Russia. This article disputes the point of view about the exhaustion of the possibilities of Russian culture for the modernization of the country. The research is based on the civilizational approach representing religion as the basis of culture. The focus of this study is one of the most important aspects of Orthodox spirituality, i.e. the doctrine of synergy that allows to determine the attitude of Orthodoxy to man. The author comes to the conclusion that Orthodoxy assigns an important role to man; that of a co-Creator responsible for his