THE ORIGIN OF NAPOLEON'S "LEGEND"
The article deals with the origin of the official napoleonic "legend" 1796- 1821. The official napoleonic "legend" was born during the Bonaparte's Italian campaign in 1796 - 1797. During the Consulate and Empire Napoleon, using all known techniques and tools of propaganda, has continued to create his own "legend", introducing in the consciousness of the masses his propagandistic ideas. The "legend" has received its final kind in the Napoleon's memoirs, dictated by him on Saint Helena, and in the memoirs of Napoleon's companions in exile.