Black Sea Cossack Host (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Black Sea Cossack Host

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:

Novorossiia

Capital:

Ekaterinodar

Area (sq. miles):

14,750

Population:

125,400

Population density:

8.5 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Cossacks

Economic activities:

crop farming, cattle farming, fishing, oil drilling, salt lakes

Trade:

Trade is insignificant.

Cities:

3

Notable features:

On the river Kuba is located a chain of posts and fortifications. The Black Sea region is divided into 3 districts [okrug].

Climate:

temperate

Card #:

44

Collection:

Regional Diversity