Modern American Visual Image of Russian History

The article is devoted to the features of Russian history visualization in American universal and historical encyclopedias of the 20-21st centuries (Britannica, the American encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia of history of Russia, etc.). The foundations and museums keeping the images used in the encyclopedias are characterized. The questions of reflecting natural, ethnic features of the country and images of political and cultural elite of the state in encyclopedic editions are considered. Finally, the work assesses the comments to the provided images.