Plotsk province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Plotsk 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:

Kingdom of Poland

Capital:

Plotsk

Area (sq. miles):

6,451

Population:

619,907

Population density:

96.1 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Russians, Poles, Jews, Germans, Tatars

Economic activities:

sugar factories, markets, shipping

Trade:

Cross-border trade is predominantly in wood.

Cities:

6

Notable features:

Neogeorgievskaia fortress

Climate:

cold

Card #:

23

Collection:

Regional Diversity