"Platonic union": mutual perception and interaction of the russian and french navies in the late 19th - early 20th century

The paper dwells on analyzing the peculiarities of the mutual perception of Russian and French military sailors, as well as the directions, forms and results of interaction between the navies of the allied powers since the emergence of the Franco-Russian alliance at the end of the 19th century until the outbreak of the First World War. The main factors that determined Russian-French relations in the naval sphere are the creation of naval general staffs in France and Russia, the active military-diplomatic activities of naval agents (attaches) in Paris and St. Petersburg, as well as the conclusion in 1912 of the Naval Convention and subsequent regular contacts between the chiefs of naval staffs. The conclusion is made about the predominance of critical mutual perception of the naval corporations of the allied countries, as well as the low efficiency of their interaction on the eve of the world war.

russia, france, NAVIES, Russian-French Naval Convention of 1912, mutual perception, interaction