Kazan province (Geographic Playing Card)
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Title:
Kazan 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:
Middle Volga region
Capital:
Kazan
Area (sq. miles):
24,013
Population:
1,342,900
Population density:
55.9 people per square mile
Ethnicity of inhabitants:
Russians, Tatars, Chuvash, Cheremis, Mordvinians, Votiaks
Economic activities:
crop farming, shipbuilding, timber trade, factories & crafts
Trade:
no notation
Cities:
12
Notable features:
Vizhnaia fortress on the Kama River. Kazan' was founded in 1251 by the order of Tsar Saip of the Golden Horde.
Climate:
cold
Card #:
49