Ekaterinoslav province (Geographic Playing Card)
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Title:
Ekaterinoslav 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:
Novorossiia
Capital:
Ekaterinoslav
Area (sq. miles):
25,678
Population:
870,100
Population density:
33.9 people per square mile
Ethnicity of inhabitants:
Russians, Ukrainians, Belorussians, Poles, Jews, Germans, Gypsies, Greeks, Armenians, Moldovans, Vlachs, Serbs
Economic activities:
sheep farming, cattle farming, orchardry, crop farming, factories, beekeeping, winemaking, coal extraction
Trade:
Trade is conducted rather actively.
Cities:
9
Notable features:
The Taganrog fortress was founded by Peter the Great. Alexander the Blessed [Alexander I] died in Taganrog in 1825.
Climate:
temperate
Card #:
39