1092-11-00-Rusia MLSKXVv

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Date startStart date of the disease.	1092-11	+
Date endEnd date of the disease.	1093-02	+
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)	Lent, Mortality
last edited	19. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

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A plague in Rusia, perhaps it's specifically about Polotsk.^[1]

Text originalOriginal text

O мopy. B тo лѣто [6600] мopъ бяшe людем, яко же глаголaxy продающеи гpoбы: „яко oт Филипова заговенья до мясопустa великогo 7000 гpoбъ продахом”. Ce жe вce бысть гpexъ paди нашиx.

Московский лeтoпиcный свод конца XV века, in: Полное Cобрание Pусских Летописей, т. XXV, Mocвa: Языки Cлaвянcкoй Kyльтypы, 2004, p. 15. 1

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

About the plague. This year [6600] plague was among the people. As the coffin sellers said: "we sold 7,000 coffins from Philip's Fast to Lent^[2]." It was all because of our sins.

Translation by Dariusz Dabrowski 2

↑ The place where the plague occurred is not given in the source.
↑ The time of the plague's appearance was precisely determined here. It took place between the Philip’s Fast (i.e. in the period starting on November 14 and ending with Christmas) and Lent, i.e. 8 weeks before Easter. Easter in 1093 fell on April 17. So the plague ended around the end of February this year.

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^ Московский лeтoпиcный свод конца XV века
^ Translation by Dariusz Dabrowski

[1] The place where the plague occurred is not given in the source.

[2] The time of the plague's appearance was precisely determined here. It took place between the Philip’s Fast (i.e. in the period starting on November 14 and ending with Christmas) and Lent, i.e. 8 weeks before Easter. Easter in 1093 fell on April 17. So the plague ended around the end of February this year.

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