Penza province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Penza 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:

Middle Volga region

Capital:

Penza

Area (sq. miles):

14,693

Population:

1,087,200

Population density:

74 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Russians, Cheremis, Mordvinians

Economic activities:

crop farming, pasture

Trade:

Trade is insignificant.

Cities:

10

Notable features:

Pier on the Moksha River.

Climate:

favorable

Card #:

61

Collection:

Regional Diversity