War of 1812 in cultural and historical space of Russia and France

The author of this article considered formation of an image of war of 1812 in modern cultural and historical space of France and Russia. Means of formation of a certain interpretation of the past in consciousness of modern school students is the training course of history and multimedia sources. Having analyzed information on war of 1812 in these materials, the author came to a conclusion that the educational space of France and Russia is urged to cultivate through war of 1812 feeling of patriotism in consciousness of society. Gradual fragmentation of information provided in educational literature, leads to that idea of school students of war of 1812 is formed by the symbolical images which are actively using in mass media.