This article considers one of the aspects of Russian-French relations in the early 19th century, associated with the attitude of the Russian nobility to Napoleon’s France. In Russian historiography the opinion about the extreme hostility of Russian nobles and especially the Russian officer corps to the country, where revolutionary changes occurred and the Corsican usurper reigned has established. Synchronous sources show that such view is extremely one-sided and distorted. In fact, the Russian nobility wasn’t so categorical, and many of its representatives thought quite differently. The article gives an example of such ambiguity. On the basis of documents that weren’t previously introduced into scientific circulation, this article narrates about staying and serving of prominent representatives of the Russian nobility in the headquarters of the Napoleonic army during the Austro-French war of 1809. The opinions of these officers about Napoleon and his army are given.