The Russian soul… What does it mean? The term Russian soul (also great Russian soul, mystifying Russian soul) has been used in literature in reference to the uniqueness of the Russian national identity. The writings of many Russian writers such as Nikolai Gogol, Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky offer descriptions of the Russian soul.
If you want to understand the Russian soul, first try reading “Father Sergius“. This is a short story written by Leo Tolstoy between 1890 and 1898 and first published (posthumously) in 1911.