Orenburg province (Geographic Playing Card)
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Title:
Orenburg 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:
Southern Urals
Capital:
Ufa
Area (sq. miles):
139,828
Population:
1,434,489
Population density:
10.3 people per square mile
Ethnicity of inhabitants:
Russians, Tatars, Bashkirs, Meshchers, Votiaks, Chuvash, Cheremis, Mordvinians
Economic activities:
cattle farming, crop farming, rock salt, fishing, armament production, mining, copper smelting
Trade:
Trade is middling.
Cities:
9
Notable features:
Orenburg fortress. Ufa was founded by Tsar Feodor Ioann [Ivanovich] in 1586.
Climate:
stable
Card #:
64