Iaroslav province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Iaroslav 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:

Central Industrial region

Capital:

Yaroslavl'

Area (sq. miles):

14,051

Population:

1,008,100

Population density:

71.7 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Russians, Gypsies, Karelians

Economic activities:

paper and textile factories, cast iron production, shipping, markets, gardening, sale of firewood

Trade:

Trade is conducted rather actively.

Cities:

10

Notable features:

Piers: Rybinskaia and Yaroslavskaia. Yaroslavl' was founded by the Grand Prince Yaroslav I.

Climate:

temperate

Card #:

46

Collection:

Regional Diversity