The transformation of the enemy image in the Russian officer's minds in 1812

The main place in the formation of the image of the enemy in the French invasion of Russia of 1812 was taken by the official ideology. The article analyzes the formation and transformation of the official image of the enemy in the minds of Russian officers during the 1812. The texts of the manifestos compiled by the country's chief ideologist Alexandr Shishkov, as well as diaries, memoirs, notes, memoirs of Russian officers.