The Problem of Latin American Cultural Synthesis in the Reflection of the Russian science

The complexity of the culture formation in Latin America has led to the emergence of two approaches to the assessment of its cultural power in the Russian humanities: negativist and apologetic ones. The author of the article leaves out the explanatory schemes in which Latin American culture is theoretically non-existent, and proposes to consider the positions of the Russian researchers, who recognize the possibility of intercultural interaction, and, consequently, the reality of cultural synthesis in Latin America.