Khar'kov province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Khar'kov 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:

Left Bank

Capital:

Kharkov

Area (sq. miles):

20,973

Population:

1,467,400

Population density:

70 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Russians, Ukrainians

Economic activities:

crop farming, pasture, sheep farming, beekeeping, tobacco farming, distilleries, factories & crafts, markets

Trade:

Trade is rather significant.

Cities:

Notable features:

Kharkov was founded by Cossacks in 1650.

Climate:

changeable

Card #:

Collection:

Regional Diversity

Tags:

alcohol, animal husbandry, beekeeping, Black Sea basin, climate: changeable, crop farming, distilleries, factories & crafts, Left Bank, notable city, Russians, tobacco, trade, trade: active, Ukrainians