Pskov province (Geographic Playing Card)
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Title:
Pskov 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:
Lakes region
Capital:
Pskov
Area (sq. miles):
17,231
Population:
775,800
Population density:
45 people per square mile
Ethnicity of inhabitants:
Russians, Lithuanians, Latvians
Economic activities:
fishing, alabaster quarries, crop farming, hemp, stone quarries, resin, lime, tableware
Trade:
Principal trade in flax and hemp.
Cities:
8
Notable features:
Izoborsk fortress, founded in the thirteenth century. Pskov was founded by Saint Princess Olga.
Climate:
temperate and stable
Card #:
3