THE FIFTH VISIT OF "MAHA-MARI" TO RUSSIA: THE EPIDEMIC OF CHOLERA IN SARATOV PROVINCE IN 1892
The article deals with the sanitary and epidemiological situation that developed on the territory of the Saratov province in 1892 as a result of the spread of cholera. The author of the work not only studies the process of the emergence and development of the fifth wave of the cholera epidemic in Russia, but also analyzes the effectiveness of the measures taken to combat this disease, as well as the reasons for the critical situation in the Saratov province. This study is based on scientific papers on this issue, as well as on official documents, statistics and memoirs of contemporaries of the period under review.