THE RUSSIAN ARMY THROUGH THE EYES OF BRITISH PUBLICISTS OF "THE QUARTERLY REVIEW" DURING THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
The article is devoted to the image of the Russian army on the pages of the British quarterly literary-critical magazine «The Quarterly Review» during the Napoleonic wars. Reviewing travelogues, historical and military writings, the contributors of magazine paid attention to reports concerning the Russian armed forces.Equipment, training of officers, successes on the battlefields of the Russian army aroused keen interest from the authors of the magazine in 1803-1815. Describing the capabilities of Russian army, authors raised questions about the potential of an ally, the features of the structure of society and the state, the level of civilization. The successes of the Russian military men were compared with the British, giving rise to a discussion with political opponents from the Whig camp and questioning the well-established notions of an «Other» in the person of Russia.