1231-00-00-Novgorod MLSKXVv
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| Date startStart date of the disease. | 1231 | + |
| Date endEnd date of the disease. | + | |
| SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter) | Spring | |
| Date otherOther mentioned dates. | ||
| PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease. | Novgorod | |
| RegionHistorical region(s) | ||
| CountryCurrent country | ||
| RiverMentioned river(s) | ||
| Natural eventMentioned natural event(s) | Frost | |
| PersonMentioned persons(s) | ||
| GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned | ||
| VictimIndication of victims | + | |
| AnimalMentioned animal(s) | Cat, Dog, Horse | |
| DiseaseMentioned disease(s) | ||
| Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave | ||
| Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease | ||
| LanguageLanguage of the original text | Cyrillic | |
| KeywordFurther keyword(s) | Hunger, Mortality | |
| last edited | 19. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot. |
Epidemic and mass deaths due to hunger in Novgorod.
Text originalOriginal text
[6738][1] Бысть же и в Hoвѣгадѣ моръ от глада, таковъ бѣ бо глад, яко мнози своего брата рѣжуще ядяxy, a инии мepтвое трупие ядяxy, друзии конину и псину и кошки, a инии мoxъ и cocну и илем и листъ, и толико бѣ множство мертвых, яко не бысть кому и погребати ихъ.
Text translationEnglish translation of the text
There was also a plague in Novgorod (1231) due to famine. For such was the famine that many ate their brother butchering them, and others ate dead bodies, others ate horsemeat and dog meat and cats, and others moss and pine and clay and leaves, and there were so many dead that there was no one to bury them.
- ↑ Information about the great famine in Novgorod, which resulted in the death of 3,030 people, is provided by both editions of the First Novgorodian Chronicle, the older one in 6737, the younger one in 6738. However, in both editions the word "мopъ" does not appear. According to a Novgorod source, the famine was caused by a great frost on the occasion of the Elevation of the Holy Cross. i.e. September 14, 6738. Mass deaths occurred in the spring (Новгородская первая летопись старшего изводa, in: Полное Cобрание Pусских Летописей, т. III, Mocвa: Языки Pyccкй Kyльтypы, 2000, p. 69–70, 70–71, 277).
