Russian American Company Territories (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Russian American Company Territories

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:

Russian America

Capital:

Sitka

Population:

19,028

Population density:

unknown

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Russians, Creoles (mixed Russian and native descent), Aleuts, Kenaitsy, Chagach, Kuriltsy

Economic activities:

trapping

Trade:

External trade is extremely significant.

Notable features:

Trade was established by Baranov.

Climate:

cold

Card #:

Collection:

Regional Diversity

Tags:

Aleuts, bountiful forest, Chagach, climate: cold, Creoles (mixed Russian and native descent), hunting & trapping, Kenaitsy, Kuriltsy, mountains, Northern Ocean basin, Russian America, Russians, snow-capped mountains, swamps, trade: active, volcanos