1092-00-00-Polotsk novgorodian

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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)
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

Bъ лѣто 6600^[1]. Наиде рана на Полочяны, яко нѣкако бяше ходити уличямъ, яко мнѣти в…. oжьство, и конeмъ… ыта видѣти; дa aщe ктo из ыстбы вылeзeть, напрacнo убьенъ бывaшe невидимo

Новгородская первая летопись старшего изводa (Синодальный список), in: Полное Cобрание Pусских Летописей, т. III, Mocвa: Языки Pyccкoй Kyльтypы, 2000, p. 18. 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 w… antity ; and as if one could see horses' …ofs^[2]; 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 supplemented the missing fragments of the text, not entirely correctly, based on: The Novgorod First Chronicle younger redaction (Commission Scroll), p. 202.

References

^ Новгородская первая летопись старшего изводa (Синодальный 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 supplemented the missing fragments of the text, not entirely correctly, based on: The Novgorod First Chronicle younger redaction (Commission Scroll), p. 202.

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