Bulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthBulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health2415-84102415-8429FSSBI «N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health»1544Научная статьяPLAGUE IN KIEV (1770-1772)GamaliiaV. Nvgamaliia@gmail.comRudaS. Psvetlana.ruda@yahoo.comState University of Infrastructure and Technology, Kiev, Ukraine171220213162108042022Copyright © 2021,2021The article is devoted to the description of the brutal plague epidemic that took place in Kiev in the second half of the XVIII century. The history of this disease and the way of its expansion in Europe is described. The authors consider the actions of the authorities aimed preventing the spread of the plague, as well as eliminating its consequences. The role of the first native epidemiologists in the development and application of anti-epidemic measures (quarantine houses, outposts, disinfection) is shown, as a result of which the death rate from plague in a large city was relatively low. The contribution of D.S. Samoilovich, I.A. Poletika, A.F. Shafonsky and other physicians in the study of the etiology of the disease and the development of ways to prevent it is emphasized. The interrelation of events related to the history of the fight against plague at the end of the XVIII century on the territory of the Russian Empire and the current epidemiological situation in the world is analyzed. As a result of the assessment, a conclusion was made about the natural acceleration of the process of the occurrence of pandemics and epidemics today.эпидемия чумыпатогенные микроорганизмыпротивоэпидемические мероприятияглобализацияурбанизация1.Комісаренко С.В. Світова коронавірусна криза / С.В. Комісаренко. - Київ: ЛАТ&К, 2020. - 120 с.2.Бородій М.К. Данило Самійлович Самойлович / М.К. Бородій. - Київ: Наукова думка, 1987. - 151 с.3.Васильев К.Г. Чума и пограничные карантины. Историко-эпидемиологический очерк / К.Г. Васильев, О.В. Лапушенко, А.И. Гоженко. - Одесса: Фотосинтетика, 2004. - 196 с.4.Рудая С.П. Григорий Николаевич Минх. 1836-1942 / С.П. Рудая. - Киев: Информационно-аналитическое агентство, 2011. - 231 с.5.Gamaliia V.M. Contribution of Ukrainian Scientists into the Fight against Plague / V.M. Gamaliia, S.P. Ruda, G.V. Zabuga // Microbiological Journal. - 2021. - Vol. 83. - No. 2. - P. 93-99.6.Верхратський С.А. Історія медицини. - 3-є вид / С.А. Верхратський. - Київ: Вища школа, 1983. - 384 с.7.Закревский Н. Летопись и описание города Киева / Н. Закревский. - М.: Московское археологическое общество, 1968. - В 2-х томах. - Т. 1. - 455 c.8.Dubos R. Mirage of Heals: Utopias, Progress and Biological Change / R. Dubos. - New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996. - 282 p.9.Honigsbaum M. The Pandemic Century. A History of Global Contagion from the Spanish Flu to Covid-19 / M. Honigsbaum. - London: WH Allen, 2020. - 357 p.10.Самойлович Д. Рассуждение о чуме, производившей в 1771 г. опустошения в Российской империи и особенно в столичном городе Москве / Д. Самойлович // Избранные произведения. - Вып. 2. - М.: Изд-во АМН СССР, 1952. - С. 8-278.11.Komisarenko S.V. Svitova koronavirusna kryza [World coronavirus crisis]. Kyiv, LAT&K, 2020. 120 p. (in Ukrainian).12.Borodii M.K. Danylo Samiilovych Samoilovych [Danylo Samiilovych Samoilovych]. Kyiv, Naukova dumka, 1987. 151 p. (in Ukrainian).13.Vasil'ev K.G., Lapushenko O.V., Gozhenko A.I. Chuma i pogranichnye karantiny. Istoriko-epidemiologicheskij ocherk [Plague and border quarantines. Historical and epidemiological essay]. Odessa, Fotosintetika, 2004. 196 p. (in Russian).14.Rudaya S.P. Grigorij Nikolaevich Minh. 1836-1942 [Grigorij Nikolaevich Minh. 1836-1942]. Kiev, Information and analytical agency, 2011. 231 p. (in Russian).15.Gamaliia V.M., Ruda S.P., Zabuga G.V. Contribution of Ukrainian Scientists into the Fight against Plague. Microbiological Journal, 2021, vol. 83, no. 2, pp. 93-99.16.Verkhratskyi S.A. Istoriia medytsyny [History of medicine]. 3-rd ed. Kyiv, Vyshcha shkola, 1983. 384 p. (in Ukrainian).17.Zakrevskij N. Letopis' i opisanie goroda Kieva [Chronicle and description of the city of Kiev]. Moscow, Moscow Archaeological Society, 1968, vol. 1. 455 p. (in Russian).18.Dubos R. Mirage of Heals: Utopias, Progress and Biological Change. New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press, 1996. 282 p.19.Honigsbaum M. The Pandemic Century. A History of Global Contagion from the Spanish Flu to Covid-19. London, WH Allen, 2020. 357 p.20.Samojlovich D. Discourse about the plague that caused devastation in 1771 in the Russian Empire and especially in the capital city of Moscow. Izbrannye proizvedeniya [Selected works]. Moscow, AMN SSSR, 1952, issue 2, pp. 8-278. (in Russian).