Riazan province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Riazan 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:

Riazan

Area (sq. miles):

16,317

Population:

1,365,900

Population density:

83.7 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Russians, Tatars, Mordvinians

Economic activities:

factories, crop farming, cattle trade

Trade:

Trade is rather significant.

Cities:

Notable features:

Riazanskaia and Kasimovskaia piers. The ancient Zaraj fortress. Riazan' was founded in the beginning of the thirteenth century.

Climate:

temperate and favorable

Card #:

Collection:

Regional Diversity

Tags:

Caspian Sea basin, Central Agricultural region, climate: temperate and favorable, crop farming, factories, Mordvinians, notable city, river port, Russians, Tatars, trade, trade: active