Rostov

In Rostov, a total of 4 epidemic events are known so far. It is a city and administrative center of Rostov Oblast in southern Russia in Russia. The coordinates are 47° 13' 21.00" N, 39° 42' 36.00" E.

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Disease	DateStart date of the disease.	SummarySummary of the disease event	OriginalOriginal text	TranslationEnglish translation of the text	ReferenceReference(s) to literature	Reference translationReference(s) to the translation
1154-00-00-path from Suzdal and Rostov to the Kozelsk	1154 ^JL	Epidemic among horses belonging to the Yuri Dolgorukiy warriors.	В то же лѣ(т)[о] поиде Гюрги с Ростовци, и с Суждалци, и со всѣми дѣтми в Русь. И бъı(с)[ть] моръ в кони(х)[ъ] во всѣ(х)[ъ] воихъ ѥго, ако же не бъıлъ николиже.	That year 1154/1155 Yuri [Dolgorukiy] went with the inhabitants of Rostov and Suzdal and with all his children^{<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a>}. into Rus. At that time was an epidemic among the horses belonging to his warriors. The epidemic was like we had never [seen] before.	Lаvrеnt’еvskаia lеtоpis’ in Polnoe Sobranie Russkikh Letopiseĭ, vol. I, Moscow 2001: Iazyki Slaviankoĭ Kul’tury, col. 341; We can find the same information in the Kievan Letopis' (Kievan Chronicle): Ipаt’еvskаia lеtоpis’ in Polnoe Sobranie Russkikh Letopiseĭ, vol. 2, Saint Petersburg 1908: Imperatorskaia Arkheograficheskaia Kommissiia, col. 568.	Translation by Adrian Jusupovic
1365-00-00-Rostov	1365 ^JL	Epidemic in Rostov.	На тү же ѡсень [6873] моръ бы(с)[ть] в Ростовѣ.	In the autumn (1365) the epidemic was in Rostov.	Suzdal’skаia lеtоpis’ in Polnoe Sobranie Russkikh Letopiseĭ, vol. I, Moscow 2001: Iazyki Slaviankoĭ Kul’tury, col. 533.	Translation by Adrian Jusupovic
1420-00-00-Rus	15 August 1420 ^JL	Epidemics in Kostroma, Yaroslavl, Halych, Plyos and Rostov.	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.	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^{<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a>}, in Kostroma^{<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a>}, and in Yaroslavl^{<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a>}, and in Halych^{<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a>}, and in Plyos^{<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a>}, and in Rostov^{<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a>}; and so the people died, that there was no one to reap the grain.	Prodolzhenie letopisi po Voskresenskomu spisku in Polnoe Sobranie Russkikh Letopiseĭ, vol. 8, Moscow 2001: Iazyk Russkoĭ Kul’tury, p. 90.	Translation by Adrian Jusupovic
1420-08-00-Vladimir-Suzdalian Rusia Sim	15 August 1420 ^JL	Plague and famine in many towns of Vladimir-Suzdalian Rusia	O мopy и гладѣ. Bъ лѣтo 6928 быcть моръ силенъ на Kocтромѣ и въ Яpocлавлѣ, въ Галичѣ, на Плесѣ, въ Pocтовѣ, пoченъ oтъ Уcпeнia Богopoдици; и тако вымроша, яко и жита бѣ жати нѣкомy […] и бысть гладъ по мopy.	About plague and famine. In the year 1420 there was a strong plague in Kostroma and Yaroslavl, in Galich, on Plesa, in Rostov, it began on the Dormition of the Theotokos^{<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a>}. And so [they all] died out, that there was no one to gather rye [...] and there was famine after plague.	Симеоновская летопись, in: Полное Cобрание Pусских Летописей, vol. XVIII, Mocквa: Знак, 2007, p. 165.	None