Foreign doctors in the caucasus in the first half of the xix century

Abstract

The article discusses the facts and events related to the stay of European doctors in the Caucasus in the first half of the XIX century. The research materials are based on archival and literary sources of the time. Analysis and synthesis of the information obtained using the historical-systemic, historical-comparative methods made it possible to clarify the interest of foreigners in this poorly inhabited region of Russia, to reveal the trail of the most prominent doctors and scientists in the Caucasus. The conclusion is made about the positive influence of representatives of medicine from different countries on the study of the Caucasus region and its development