Koven province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Koven 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:

Belorussia

Capital:

Kovno

Area (sq. miles):

16,138

Population:

915,500

Population density:

56.3 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Russians, Lithuanians, Samogitians, Poles, Jews, Germans, Tatars

Economic activities:

beekeeping, flax

Trade:

Trade is insignificant.

Cities:

Notable features:

The main customs with Prussia is located on the Neman River. In 1812, Napoleon's army, numbering 250,000 men, crossed the Neman into Russia.