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Plague and Witchcraft in a Russian Village Chronicle
A nurse recounts a cholera outbreak in Dubrovo with despair at weak authorities and grim scenes of burial. A peasant girl Mashka Soldatka aids the sick, while a nocturnal witch procession plows out the disease, and a missing nurse deepens the village’s fear as the epidemic dwindles weeks later.
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Dabrovo
Viasma
Smolensk
Griba
Ivahoviteh
Ake Vito
Akulina
Thare
Grae
Tiluaha
Akolina
Akaline
Sherteg
Perce
Cook
Rift
Catinshka
Goa
Michael
Dubrovo
Aleady
Titusha
Tilusha
Serge
Egorovitch
Tliushi
Tilushi
Gavrilytch
Gavrimvich
Ile
Sanitary Department
Axelipe
Aukulina
Mashka Soldatka
Mary
Akalina
Mashka
Cottege
Miiday
Feleska
Iself
Banitery
Russia
Angel of Death
Weleeeraur House
Charity
Sam
Prokon
Ameo
Batinshky
Matoshka
Stepan
Shoe
Bamin
Madika
Heaven
Earth
Guvirlytch
Gavritytc Himelf
Barin
Sargey Egorovitch
Gavrilyth
Agai
Harman
Underwood
Derviehen
Gawrilyth
Gayrilyth
Gayrilyteh
Baro
Msahka
Lat Firat
Manhka
Vale
Baliff
Nikita Muntychif
New York Sun