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Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
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Khodynka Tragedy
Human stampede in Russia in 1896
The Khodynka Tragedy was a crowd crush that occurred on 30 May [O.S. 18 May] 1896, on Khodynka Field in Moscow, Russia. The crush happened during the festivities after the coronation of the last Emperor of Russia, Nicholas II. While 1,282 corpses were collected from the scene,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mass psychogenic illness
Spread of illness without organic cause
Mass psychogenic illness (MPI), also called mass sociogenic illness, mass psychogenic disorder, epidemic hysteria or mass hysteria, involves the spread of illness symptoms through a population where there is no infectious agent responsible for contagion. It is the rapid spread…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Khodynka Field
Public space in Moscow, Russia
Khodynka Field is a large open space in the north-west of Moscow, at the beginning of the present day Leningradsky Prospect. It takes its name from the small Khodynka River which used to cross the neighbourhood.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Coronation
Ceremony marking the investiture of a monarch
A coronation ceremony marks the formal investiture of a monarch with regal power using a crown. In addition to the crowning, this ceremony may include the presentation of other items of regalia, and other rituals such as the taking of special vows by the new monarch, the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Nicholas II
Emperor of Russia from 1894 to 1917
Nicholas II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. He married Alix of Hesse and had five children: the OTMA sisters – Olga, born in 1895, Tatiana, born in 1897,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)