1092-00-00-Polotsk novg2

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Date startStart date of the disease.	1092	+
Date endEnd date of the disease.		+
SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter)
Date otherOther mentioned dates.
PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease.	Polotsk
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, Panic
last edited	19. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

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Probably an unknown plague that arouses fear and demonic associations in Polotsk

Text originalOriginal text

В лѣто 6600^[1]. Наидѣ рана на Полочаны, яко нѣкако бяше ходити по улицамъ, яко мнѣти вои множество, а конемъ копыта видѣти; да аще кто изъ избѣ вылазяше, напрасно убиенъ бываше невидѣмо.

Новгородская первая летопись младшего изводa (Комиссионный список), in: Полное Cобрание Pусских Летописей, т. III, Mocвa: Языки Pyccкoй Kyльтypы, 2000, p. 202. 1

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

In the year 6600. A panic came over the people of Polotsk, so that it was impossible to walk in the streets, because it was as if there was a quantity of warriors^[2] and as if one could see horses' hoofs; and if anyone went out of his house, he would be suddenly and unaccountably killed.

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↑ The Rusian year began on March 1. It cannot be ruled out that the plague continued at the beginning of 1093. Date of events in: Н. Г. Бережков, Хронология русского летописания, Mocква: Издaтeльcтвo Aкaдeмии Нayк CCCP, 1963, p. 224.
↑ The English translator used the term: "soldiers". I decided to replace it with the more correct, in my opinion, word: "warriors".

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^ Новгородская первая летопись младшего изводa (Комиссионный список)
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[1] The Rusian year began on March 1. It cannot be ruled out that the plague continued at the beginning of 1093. Date of events in: Н. Г. Бережков, Хронология русского летописания, Mocква: Издaтeльcтвo Aкaдeмии Нayк CCCP, 1963, p. 224.

[2] The English translator used the term: "soldiers". I decided to replace it with the more correct, in my opinion, word: "warriors".

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