Kurliand province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Kurliand 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:

Mitava

Area (sq. miles):

10,554

Population:

553,300

Population density:

52.4 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Russians, Latvians, Jews, Germans

Economic activities:

fishing, crop farming

Trade:

External trade is rather significant.

Cities:

Notable features:

The small town of Polangen with its border customs. Mitava was established in 1561.

Climate:

temperate but humid

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Collection:

Regional Diversity

Tags:

Baltic Sea basin, Belorussia, bountiful forest, climate: temperate but humid, crop farming, customs, fishing, Germans, Jews, lakes, Latvians, notable city, Russians, swamps, trade: active