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:
12
Notable features:
Piers: Kostromskaia and Kinish[maskaia]. Kostroma was founded in the twelfth century by the Grand Prince Yurii Dolgorukov.
Climate:
temperate
Card #:
47