Analysis of the Outbreak of Cholera in Baku and the Performance of the Tsarist Russian Government (1892)

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Department of History, Faculty of Social Scinece, university of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

10.30465/hcs.2022.41159.2614

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The city of Baku became the main center outbreak of cholera in the Caucasus region on June 6, 1892, due to an extensive rail network, a modern shipping line, and a large population of migrant workers. With fleeing 75% of the infected and frightened people of Baku via the rail network, shipping lanes and carriages, the entire Caucasus region quickly contracted a deadly cholera epidemic. The main aim of this research, which is done by analytical-descriptive method, and conducted via library resources, is to answer the important question of what was the role of the government in the catastrophic outbreak of the cholera epidemic of 1892 in the Caucasus region. With fleeing 75% of the infected and frightened people of Baku via the rail network, shipping lanes and carriages, the entire Caucasus region quickly contracted a deadly cholera epidemicAnalysis of the evidences indicates that the government did not take effective action to prevent and control cholera in the Caucasus region, especially in the city of Baku, which led to the rapid spread of the disease and the death of many people in this region and compared to the European part of the Russian Empire, it had a very high relative intensity.

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Historical Studies
Volume 13, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
November 2022
Pages 151-173

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