Abstract. In the article on the basis of the previously proposed versions of interpretations megacycles of historical process, in particular the form and content of social revolution (P.A. Sorokin, O. Toffler, J. Attali) is considered civilization theory of A.S. Panarin. For the first time in the framework of the interpretation given panarinovedeniya the revolutionarism through the prism of the scheme: archaic - modern - postmodern. Particular attention is paid to social and cultural strains (splits) Russian civilization. General conclusion that Russia, as well as other non-Western civilization, does not fit the