Kaluga province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Kaluga 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:

Kaluga

Area (sq. miles):

12,208

Population:

1,006,400

Population density:

82.4 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Russians

Economic activities:

preparation of hemp, timber transport, canvas factories

Trade:

Trade is rather significant.

Cities:

Notable features:

fortresses: Gzhanskaia, Belaia, and Zubtsovskaia. The date of the founding of Kaluga is unknown.

Climate:

extremely temperate

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Collection:

Regional Diversity

Tags:

bountiful forest, canvas, Caspian Sea basin, Central Industrial region, climate: extremely temperate, forestry, fortress, hemp, military site, notable city, Russians, trade: active