Smolensk province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Smolensk 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 Industrial region

Capital:

Smolensk

Area (sq. miles):

19,063

Population:

1,170,600

Population density:

61.4 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Russians

Economic activities:

crop farming, shipbuilding, hemp trade, wheel-making, nail production

Trade:

External trade is middling.

Cities:

Notable features:

Piers: Gzhatskaia and Porech'evskaia. Smolensk was completed by Boris Godunov.

Climate:

changeable

Card #:

Collection:

Regional Diversity

Tags:

Black Sea basin, Boris Godunov, bountiful forest, Central Industrial region, climate: changeable, crafts, crop farming, famous founder, hemp, lakes, nails, notable city, river port, Russians, swamps, trade: moderate, wheels