弥赛亚意识是俄罗斯民族思想的主旋律之一，它具有深厚的宗教基础、充分的哲学阐释、极至的文学体现、有效的经济保证和强大的政治依托。在宗教层面，俄罗斯曾自诩是正宗基督教的继承人和拯救者；在精神层面，俄罗斯相信其民族的文化思想是拯救世界的精神武器；在政治层面，俄罗斯曾试图解放全人类；基辅罗斯、鞑靼罗斯、莫斯科罗斯、彼得堡俄罗斯、苏联以及后苏联时期分别彰显出不同的层面和特点。

Messianism is one of the main themes of Russian national thoughts, which has a deep religious basis, full philosophy interpretation, extreme literature manifestation, effective economic guarantees and strong political foundation. At the religion level, Russia used to pride itself as successor and saver of authentic Christianity; at the spiritual level, Russia is convinced its nation's culture and thoughts are the spiritual weapons for saving the world; at the political level, Russia attempted to liberate all mankind; different aspects and characteristics has respectively been highlighted through periods including Kiev Rus, Tatar Rus, Moscow Rus, St. Petersburg Russia, the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet period.