Aim. Clarify the issue of the specifics of the socio-cultural identification of the Russian world in the context of the development of spiritual trends in the Russian society in recent times. The object of the research is the problematics of the views of Russian representatives of social philosophy on the prospects of the spiritual life of the Russian world. Methodology. The study used the methods of complex analysis of the issues of social life of the Russian world and domestic traditions of social inheritance. General logical methods are also used to study the issues of the existence of the Russian society. The article considers the issue of the Russian person’s perception of the Eastern traditions of Christianity, which represents a person as a privileged being, created in the image and likeness of God, and thanks to the immortality of the soul, standing above all the created beings in the world. Results. As a result of the study, it was revealed that the unification of the Russian ethno-cultural space intuitively, the Russian mental and spiritual tradition was introduced into life absolutely unconsciously. Research implications. This issue should be comprehensively investigated, given that philosophers, historians and culturologists addressed the problem of views in the context of the identification of Russians. The article substantiates the idea that the Russian religious renaissance brought to the fore the idea of a person emancipated from the church vocation. Religion becomes state policy, not just a part of culture.