«Diary of a Foreign Journey» of V.M. Florinsky as a source on the history of the formation of the academic mobility system in the second half of the 19th century

the aim of the article is to analyze the unpublished "Diary of a Foreign Journey " written by V.M. Florinsky based on his travel notes made between 1861 and 1863. The diary vividly reflects the author's personality, his character and worldview. In the context of interaction with other cultures, V.M. Florinsky comes to an understanding of his identity as a representative of the Russian medical school, standing at the forefront of science and forming "progressive knowledge" called upon to make a significant contribution to the development of domestic medicine. In the context of V.M. Florinsky's reflections on "one's own" and "another's", his view of cultural differences is of particular interest. In Berlin, he encountered isolation and cultural alienation, which allowed him to better understand his identity as a Russian. The authors, relying on unpublished materials from the personal archive of V.M. Florinsky, note the importance of the role of correspondence for him: letters and notebooks become a kind of link that helps a person not to lose his identity in the process of adaptation to new conditions. The work uses various methods of scientific research, including methods of analysis, synthesis, comparison, classification and typology, as well as specific historical and source studies approaches. These methods allow us to reveal the topic, its multifaceted nature and provide a comprehensive approach to the analysis of historical and source studies data.

travel notes, personal diary, domestic medicine, international internship, medical career, academic mobility.