HISTORICAL ROOTS OF THE PERCEPTION OF RUSSIA IN FRANCE PUBLIC OPINION

Abstract

Relevance of the study. The attitude towards the Russian Federation in the modern world is highly complex and contradictory. This is due, in part, ’to the traditional perception of Russia in the west in the context of the binary “Friend-or-Foe” juxtaposition. Studying the origins of these processes is undoubtedly relevant. The object of the study is the perception of Russia in the public opinion of France in the XIX century, and the development of the image of Russia in the public opinion of France during the XIX XXI centuries. Astolphe de Custine; analyze the transformation of the view of Russia on the eve and during the Crimean War (1853-1856); study the changes in the perception of Russia after the Crimean War, given the improvement of Franco-Russian relations in the years preceding the conclusion of the Franco-Russian Union.

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