Kamchatka and Chukotka (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Kamchatka and Chukotka

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:

Nizhnekamchatsk

Population:

no notation

Population density:

unknown

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Chukuts, Eskimos, Iakuts, Tungus, Buriats, Lamuts, Iukagirs

Economic activities:

fishing, trapping

Trade:

Trade in accordance with needs.

Notable features:

Petropavlovskaia harbor. The marvellous Abachinskaia, Koriatskaia, and Kliusevskaia or Kamchatskaia hills. Volcanos or fire-breathing hills, a mountain range, and hot springs.

Climate:

harsh

Card #:

Collection:

Regional Diversity

Tags:

Buriats, Chukuts, climate: harsh, Eskimos, forestry, hot springs, hunting & trapping, Iakuts, Iukagirs, Lamuts, maritime activity, mountains, Northern Ocean basin, port, ship-grade forest, Siberia, trade: negligible, Tungus, volcanos