Grodno province (Geographic Playing Card)
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Title:
Grodno 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:
Belorussia
Capital:
Grodno
Area (sq. miles):
14,742
Population:
907,100
Population density:
61.5 people per square mile
Ethnicity of inhabitants:
Belorussians, Lithuanians, Poles, Jews, Tatars
Economic activities:
crop farming, beekeeping, tobacco farming, flax and hemp, hops cultivation, orchardry, factories
Trade:
Internal and external trade are rather significant.
Cities:
9
Notable features:
The fortress of Brest-Litovsk. Grodno is among the most ancient of cities.
Climate:
temperate and stable
Card #:
20