Stavropol' province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Stavropol' 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:

Caucasus

Capital:

Stavropol'

Area (sq. miles):

28,471

Population:

402,300

Population density:

14.1 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Russians, Cherkess, Osetians, Germans, Kalmyks, Armenians, Tatars, Turkmen

Economic activities:

mulberry growing, viticulture, winemaking, cotton and madder cultivation

Trade:

Trade is rather active.

Cities:

Notable features:

Kizliarskaia fortress

Climate:

warm

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