Comparative historical research of ideologies of nationalism in China and Russia in XVIII – early ХХ century. Finding the typical tendencies of emerginf and developing ideologies of nationalism in China and Russia, forming the system of ideologies of nationalist theories appearing as a result of coming in touch with the West and accepting traits of certain traditionalism in state and social theories as well as in people’s movements. Analyzing historically formed reactions of Russian and Chinese cultures to the expansion of the Western civilization, pointing out both typologically similar forms of historic and cultural synthesis and differences in perception and estimation of Western culture in China and in Russia. Analysis not only of historic revelation of such reactions, but also of precise ideological conceptions. Reconstructing historic models of forming nationalist movements. Historic events and ideological constructs in their correlation. The target of the project is to hold an interdisciplinary research to study the genesis and development of nationalist ideologies in China and in Russia, involving specialists from different fields of knowledge: history, philosophy, political studies, comparative studies.