Abstract: The author explored current research on Vygotsky’s psychological theory in Russia from the following aspects: (1) organization, publication and the modem significance research of Vygotsky’s psychological theory; (2) research on the developmental stages and the logic structure of concept of Vygotsky’s theory; (3) new development of Vygotsky’s theory; (4) critics on Vygotsky and cultural history psychology in Russia’s psychological domain. In the author’s opinion, there are several important reasons for the “Vygotsky craze” in the West rather in Russia , such as the current social situation in Russia, the defects of Western psychology and the cultural turn of modem western psychology et

Key words: Russia, Vygotsky, current research