Royal Inoculation

In 1768, in the midst of a severe smallpox epidemic that killed every tenth inhabitant of the country, Empress Catherine II decided to set a personal example to her subjects: together with her heir, Tsarevich Pavel, she was the first to be vaccinated against the terrible disease and declared vaccination mandatory for everyone — despite court intrigues, peasant riots and the impending war with Turkey, This decree must be implemented at all costs, otherwise the deadly virus will claim even more lives.

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First Aired

Nov 23, 2023

Last Aired

Nov 23, 2023

Network

Russia-1, Smotrim

Original Name

Царская прививка

Country

RU