Kostroma province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Kostroma 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:

Kostroma

Area (sq. miles):

31,868

Population:

1,054,600

Population density:

33.1 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Russians, Cheremis, Tatars

Economic activities:

fishing, shipbuilding, canvas production, flax, bast mat production

Trade:

External trade is rather significant.

Cities:

Notable features:

Piers: Kostromskaia and Kinish[maskaia]. Kostroma was founded in the twelfth century by the Grand Prince Yurii Dolgorukov.

Climate:

temperate

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Collection:

Regional Diversity

Tags:

bountiful forest, canvas, Caspian Sea basin, Central Industrial region, Cheremis, climate: temperate, factories, famous founder, flax, notable city, port, Russians, shipbuilding, Tatars, trade, trade: active, Yurii Dolgorukov