Avgustov province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Avgustov 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:

Kingdom of Poland

Capital:

Suvalki

Area (sq. miles):

6,841

Population:

547,319

Population density:

80 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Russians, Poles, Jews, Germans, Tatars

Economic activities:

factories, shipping, horse breeding, linen production, leather production, horse breeding

Trade:

Trade is rather active.

Cities:

6

Notable features:

no notation

Climate:

cold

Card #:

22

Collection:

Regional Diversity