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1836–39: Unangan (Aleut) population declines further
Smallpox, measles, chicken pox, and whooping cough epidemics reduce the Unangan (Aleut) population, which had been steadily declining since Russians first arrived in 1732.
- Theme
- Epidemics
- Region
- Arctic