The evolution and mythologization of the image of the "Russian soldier" in the media space from the XX to the XXI century

Bindas Dmitriy Valerievich

In the article, the author reviews a key scientific phenomenon about the mythologization of the image of the "Russian Soldier". The text of the article presents the author's view of the concept, the development of the myth phenomenon formed in Russian and Western culture on the topic "man at war". The concept of the theory of the versatility and complexity of the image of the military has not yet been applied in the study of the ontological characteristics of the phenomenon in the era of "information war". The author's proposed consideration of the image of the "Russian Soldier" in the context of Western and domestic theories of formation allows us to identify such essential characteristics as recursiveness through aggression and retribution. The analysis of the methods of epistemology, their possible and proper application in the framework of the" information war " confirmed the relevance of the study for the formalization of complex phenomena of the surrounding world, determined the possibility of constructive generalization of knowledge obtained as a result of the complex formalization of the characteristics of the phenomena under study.

Keywords:Information war, the image of the "Russian soldier", PTSD, Cultural codes, Mythologization, Mass media, Culture, Society.