1420-00-00-Rus
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| Date startStart date of the disease. | 1420-08-15 Tuesday | + |
| Date endEnd date of the disease. | + | |
| SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter) | Summer | |
| Date otherOther mentioned dates. | ||
| PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease. | Halych, Kostroma, Rostov, Yaroslavl | |
| RegionHistorical region(s) | Rus | |
| CountryCurrent country | ||
| RiverMentioned river(s) | ||
| Natural eventMentioned natural event(s) | ||
| PersonMentioned persons(s) | ||
| GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned | ||
| VictimIndication of victims | + | |
| AnimalMentioned animal(s) | ||
| 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) | Mortality | |
| last edited | 23. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot. |
Epidemics in Kostroma, Yaroslavl, Halych, Plyos and Rostov.
Text originalOriginal text
О мору. Въ лѣто 6928. Моръ бысть силенъ на люди, почался на Успенiе святыя Богородица, на Костромѣ, и въ Ярославлѣ, и въ Галичѣ, и на Плесѣ, и въ Ростовѣ; и тако вымроша, яко и жита бѣ жати нѣкому.
Text translationEnglish translation of the text
About the epidemic. In the year 1420 there was a great epidemic among the people, it began on the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God[1], in Kostroma[2], and in Yaroslavl[3], and in Halych[4], and in Plyos[5], and in Rostov[6]; and so the people died, that there was no one to reap the grain.
- ↑ The Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God falls on 15 August. See: Bronisław Włodarski, Chronologia Polska, Warszawa 2007: PWN, p. 283; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostroma
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaroslavl
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halych
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plyos,_Ivanovo_Oblast
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostov,_Yaroslavl_Oblast
