Transformation of the image of Germany as the “other” in the communicative strategy of the regional press during the Great Patriotic War

The article examines the problems of representation of the image of one state (the “Other”) in the media space of another. The study of this problem contributes to the analysis of ethnostereotypes reflected in the press, the study of the archetypal opposition “Our-or-the Other” in the communicative field of print media. Using the example of the leading regional publication of Stavropol Territory, Stavropol Pravda, the article examines how the image of another state is broadcast in the regional press. The choice of Germany as an object of research is due to the historical situation of 1941-1945. Micro-components have been identified, which form the image of the aggressor country as the “Other” in the press. The period of open conflict situations, which is the time of confrontation between Russia and Germany during the Great Patriotic War, allows understanding the phenomenon of transformation of the image of another state in accordance with the communicative strategy of domestic media, to characterize the process of changing interstate relations between countries, to realize the otherness of the “Other”.