Erivan province (Geographic Playing Card)

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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

Collection:

Regional Diversity