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Date startStart date of the disease.	1230	+
Date endEnd date of the disease.	1232	+
SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter)
Date otherOther mentioned dates.
PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease.	Smolensk
RegionHistorical region(s)
CountryCurrent country
RiverMentioned river(s)
Natural eventMentioned natural event(s)
PersonMentioned persons(s)
GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned
VictimIndication of victims	32,000 absolute"Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ","." is not a number.	+
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)	Epidemics, Mass grave, Mortality
last edited	19. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

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Epidemic in Smolensk (Mass graves mentioned).

Text originalOriginal text

Того же лѣта [6738] бы(с)[ть] моръ въ Смоленьсцѣ. Створша д҃ скүделнїци, въ двү положиша ҂s҃ı, а въ третьєи ҂з҃, а въ четвертои .҂ѳ҃. Се же зло бы(с)[ть] по два лѣта.

Suzdal’skаia lеtоpis’ in Polnoe Sobranie Russkikh Letopiseĭ, vol. I, Moscow 2001: Iazyki Slaviankoĭ Kul’tury, col. 511-512. 1

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

That year 1230 there was an epidemic in Smolensk. Four mass graves were created. 16,000 were buried in two, 7,000 in the third and 9,000 [bodies] in the fourth. This evil lasted for two years.

Translation by Adrian Jusupovic 2