Derbent province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Derbent 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:

Caucasus

Capital:

Derbent

Area (sq. miles):

270

Population:

116,500

Population density:

431.5 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Georgians, Armenians

Economic activities:

None listed

Trade:

Trade is extremely insignificant

Cities:

Notable features:

Derbentskaia fortress and citadel. Derbent was founded in the seventh century by the Persian Tsar Nushirvan.