Estliand province (Geographic Playing Card)
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Title:
Estliand 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:
Baltic region
Capital:
Revel'
Area (sq. miles):
8,012
Population:
310,400
Population density:
38.7 people per square mile
Ethnicity of inhabitants:
Russians, Germans, Estonians, Finns
Economic activities:
fishing, shipbuilding, saltwater mud baths, cattle farming, distilleries, crop farming
Trade:
Trade is not quite significant.
Cities:
4
Notable features:
A military-commercial port and fortress. Ekaterinental' (Ekaterinenthal) castle with gardens, established by Peter I.
Climate:
temperate
Card #:
5