Perception of the smells of foreign land according to compositions of N. M. Karamzin and D. I. Fonvisin
The article presents the results of cultural research and analysis of smell as a factor of psychophysiological perception of 18th century man on the example of the works of Russian nobles and writers N. M. Karamzin «Letters of the Russian traveler» and D. I. Fonvisin «Letters from France and Italy». Based on the sources related to the genre of travelogue, the reconstruction of perception and representation of the Russian nobleman-traveler about the European countries and regions of that time, It turns out the role in this representation of smell as a factor of negative and positive emotions. With this factor formed the mental map of Europe of the second half of the 18th century, which is seen by a Russian nobleman during a large tour of it. The study of psychophysiological perception and its factors has recently become a topical direction in the cultural research of both the world and domestic historical science.