Erivan province (Geographic Playing Card)
Title:
Erivan 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:
Erevan
Area (sq. miles):
1,728
Population:
12,310
Population density:
7.1 people per square mile
Ethnicity of inhabitants:
Armenians, Persians, Lezgins
Economic activities:
crop farming, orchardry, pasture, cotton cultivation
Trade:
Trade is rather active.
Cities:
5
Notable features:
There are two fortresses. Erivan was taken in the reign of Nicholas I in 1827. In 1837 a fortress was established in Aleksandropol' in the presence of Emperor Nicholas I. The wonderful monastery of Echmiadzin is located in Erivan.
Climate:
temperate
Card #:
78
