Sixth cholera pandemic

Sixth cholera pandemic

Sixth cholera pandemic was a major outbreak of cholera from the years 1899 to 1923. This pandemic had little effect in Europe because of advances in public health, but major Russian cities were particularly hard hit by cholera deaths.

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