Minsk province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Minsk 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:

Minsk

Area (sq. miles):

34,540

Population:

1,046,400

Population density:

30.3 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Belorussians, Lithuanians, Poles, Jews, Germans, Gypsies, Tatars

Economic activities:

fishing, distilleries, fishing, resin, potash

Trade:

Internal and external trade is insignificant.

Cities:

9

Notable features:

Bobrujskaia fortress (1st class)

Climate:

temperate

Card #:

29

Collection:

Regional Diversity