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The management of cholera epidemics and the Neva River in St. Petersburg in the nineteenth century

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Cholera first broke out in St. Petersburg in 1831, becoming a frequent visitor thereafter. Considering the frequency of its visit, it is worth trying to understand what the epidemic represented and became for residence of the capital. The complexity of water pipe and pollution control facilities in the city is one of the important components that story.

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  1. CSHA SPb (Central State Historical Archive of St. Petersburg), 185:1:1211:1.

  2. Ustav pogranichnykh i portovykh karantinov,1800, number 27490.

  3. Vysochaishe uchrezhdennyi ustav o karantinakh, 1818, number 19476.

  4. Vysochaishe uchrezhdennyi ustav o karantinakh, 1818, number 19476, p. 474.

  5. RSNA (Russian State Naval Archive), 283:1:1411:5.

  6. RSHA (Russian State Historical Archives), 1294:5:141:27.

  7. CSHA SPb, 192: 1: 186: 8.

  8. CSHA SPb, 192: 1: 186: 69.

  9. RSHA, 1294:5:141:36.

  10. Vysochaishe uchrezhdennyi ustav o karantinakh, 1832, number 5690.

  11. CSHA SPb, 192:1:654:5.

  12. RSHA, 208:1:65:73.

  13. CSHA SPb, 13:1:4260:7.

  14. RSHA, 934: 2: 936:152.

  15. RSHA, 1299:16:533: 44-45.

  16. RSHA, 1299: 16: 533:100.

  17. RGIA, 660:1:41:20.

  18. RSHA, 660:1:41:23.

  19. CSHA SPb, 221:2:28: 96-97.

  20. CSHA SPb, 221:2:28: 96-97.

  21. CSHA SPb, 221:2:28: 96-97.

  22. CSHA SPb, 221:2:28:60.

  23. CSHA SPb, 221: 2: 28:63.

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  2. National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Barabanova, K., Kraikovski, A. The management of cholera epidemics and the Neva River in St. Petersburg in the nineteenth century. Water Hist 10, 163–181 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12685-018-0219-4

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