The article is devoted to the role of ethnic and foreign-policy stereotypes in ideology and mythology of allied relations in Russian consciousness during the World War I. The author analyzes the process of overcoming negative ethnic and foreign-policy stereotypes of allied states and nations, creating common allied identity in the first years of the World War I. The author shows the actualization of traditional anti-western prejudices in Russian consciousness under the influence of war delaying, casualties increase, one-sided interpretation of allies' collaboration.

ethnic stereotypes, foreign-policy stereotypes, legitimating of aliens` relations, World War I, evolution of alien's image, anti-English prejudices.