concept
Vetlyanka Plague
Vetlyanka plague
also: ветлянская чума
A severe outbreak of plague in the Volga-region village of Vetlyanka in the winter of 1878-79 that caused nationwide panic in Russia; repeated communion-taking during it reflects the era's fusion of religious and epidemiological anxiety.
Reading notes
- Temperaments (According to the Latest Findings of Science) §8 the Vetlyanka plague
A severe outbreak of plague in the Volga-region village of Vetlyanka in the winter of 1878-79 that caused nationwide panic in Russia; taking communion repeatedly during it reflects the era's fusion of religious and epidemiological anxiety.