Arkhangel'sk province (Geographic Playing Card)
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Title:
Arkhangel'sk province
Subject:
Regional Diversity
Creator:
Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov
Source:
Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience)
Publisher:
Library of Congress; Russian National Library
Date:
1856
Rights:
Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes.
Language:
Russian
Region:
Northern region
Capital:
Arkhangelsk
Area (sq. miles):
330,399
Population:
253,000
Population density:
0.8 people per square mile
Ethnicity of inhabitants:
Lopars, Karelians, Samoeds, Zyrians, Russians, Germans, Englishmen
Economic activities:
cattle farming, fishing, timber trade, trapping, extraction of table salt, flax and hemp
Trade:
Internal and external trade are extremely significant.
Cities:
8
Notable features:
The Novodvinskaia fortress was built by Peter I in 1701. Arkhangel'sk was founded in 1637.
Climate:
cold and healthful
Card #:
66