The Dutchman, who has taken three teams to football's most prestigious tournament with his entertaining brand of football, said Russia would not suddenly become defensive just because Slovenia snatched an away goal in Saturday's 2-1 first leg.
"Since I've been here we always tried to play aggressive, attacking football that most fans love to watch," Hiddink told Reuters.
"It would be against Russian nature to take a cautious, defensive approach. It doesn't mean that we would totally neglect our defence and just attack, attack, attack.
"Slovenia need to score to have a chance for overall victory so they will have to attack as well. Therefore we must play a balanced game and try to get them on a break, if possible."
Slovenia, ranked 49th by FIFA, remain confident in their ability to overturn a one-goal deficit, with the Balkan country's Prime Minister Borut Pahor even promising last month to clean his players' boots if they pull off an upset.
"We know what we have to do to win," said Slovenia striker Nejc Pecnik, who scored with just two minutes remaining in the first leg to boost his team's morale ahead of the home leg.
The Slovenians, whose only previous World Cup showing came in 2002, feel they should fare much better on the familiar natural turf in Maribor rather than the synthetic surface they played on at Moscow's Luzhniki.
"Playing on grass and in front of our passionate fans will give us a distinct advantage," Slovenia captain Robert Koren was quoted as saying by local media. "I think it will be a totally different match from the one we played in Moscow."
