The Worst Epidemics Throughout History

The Russian Plague

When the plague hit Moscow, Russia, the citizens did not handle their quarantine well. Violence erupted and riots began in the streets. Archbishop Ambrosius, who asks the crowds to avoid gathering in worship to stop the spread, was viciously murdered by angry townspeople. Catherine II, empress at the time, was desperate to stop the spread and decreed all factories be relocated away from Moscow.

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