Samara province (Geographic Playing Card)

Files

Title:

Samara 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:

Samara

Area (sq. miles):

51,903

Population:

1,115,963

Population density:

21.5 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Russians, Ukrainians, Bashkirs, Meshcheriaks, Teptiars, Germans

Economic activities:

wheat and tobacco cultivation, sheep farming, cattle farming, fishing

Trade:

Trade is rather active.

Cities:

Notable features:

Samaraskaia pier. The city of Samara was founded in 1591.

Climate:

temperate

Card #:

Collection:

Regional Diversity

Tags:

animal husbandry, Bashkirs, Caspian Sea basin, climate: temperate, fishing, Germans, lakes, Meshcheriaks, Middle Volga region, notable city, river port, Russians, sulphur springs, Teptiars, tobacco, trade: active, Ukrainians, wheat