Tambov province (Geographic Playing Card)
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Title:
Tambov 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:
Tambov
Area (sq. miles):
25,595
Population:
1,750,900
Population density:
68.4 people per square mile
Ethnicity of inhabitants:
Russians, Tatars, Mordvinians
Economic activities:
crop farming, hemp cultivation, cattle farming, beekeeping, horse breeding, factories
Trade:
External trade is extremely significant.
Cities:
12
Notable features:
Important pier on the Tsna. Tambov was founded by Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich in 1636.
Climate:
temperate
Card #:
59