Kiev province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Kiev 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:

Kiev

Area (sq. miles):

19,458

Population:

1,605,800

Population density:

82.5 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Ukrainians, Poles

Economic activities:

crop farming, orchardry, beekeeping, cattle farming, beet sugar production

Trade:

Internal trade is insignificant.

Cities:

Notable features:

Kievskaia fortress (first-class). Kiev is one of the most ancient cities in Russia.

Climate:

salubrious

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Collection:

Regional Diversity

Tags:

ancient city, animal husbandry, beekeeping, Black Sea basin, Carpathian mountains, climate: salubrious, crop farming, forest, fortress, Left Bank, military site, mountains, notable city, orchardry, Poles, sugar, trade: negligible, Ukrainians