Irkutsk province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Irkutsk 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:

Irkutsk

Area (sq. miles):

132,701

Population:

17,975

Population density:

0.1 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Tungus, Russians, Siberians

Economic activities:

crop farming, trapping, fishing, hemp seed oil extraction

Trade:

Trade is conducted extremely actively.

Cities:

Notable features:

Irkutskaia fortress. Within the boundaries of the province lie the gradonachal'stvo (urban administrative unit) of Kiakhta and the remarkable city of Troitskosavsk.

Climate:

temperate

Card #:

Collection:

Regional Diversity

Tags:

climate: temperate, crop farming, fortress, hemp seed oil, hunting & trapping, military site, Northern Ocean basin, notable city, Russians, Siberia, Siberians, trade: active, Tungus