Orlov province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Orlov 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 Agricultural region

Capital:

Orlov

Area (sq. miles):

18,287

Population:

1,502,900

Population density:

82.2 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Russians

Economic activities:

crop farming, fruit orchards, hemp, hops cultivation, cattle farming, factories, tobacco cultivation, trade in hemp seed oil

Trade:

External trade is conducted extremely actively.

Cities:

Notable features:

Piers: Orlovskaia and Brianskaia

Climate:

temperate

Card #:

Collection:

Regional Diversity

Tags:

alcohol, animal husbandry, Caspian Sea basin, Central Agricultural region, climate: temperate, crop farming, factories, hemp, hops, orchardry, port, Russians, tobacco, trade, trade: active