Iakutsk province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Iakutsk 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:

Siberia

Capital:

Yakutsk

Area (sq. miles):

721,228

Population:

no notation

Population density:

unknown

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Iakuts, Tungus, Buriats, Lamuts, Iukagirs

Economic activities:

trade in walrus teeth and mammoth bones, trapping, fishing

Trade:

Trade is rather significant.

Cities:

Notable features:

The port of Aian is located in Okhotsk.

Climate:

cold

Card #:

Collection:

Regional Diversity

Tags:

Buriats, climate: cold, fishing, hunting & trapping, Iakuts, Iukagirs, Lamuts, mammoth bones, maritime activity, mountains, Northern Ocean basin, port, Siberia, swamps, trade, trade: active, Tungus, vast forest, walrus teeth