Tobol'sk province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Tobol'sk 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:

Siberia

Capital:

Tobolsk

Area (sq. miles):

512,127

Population:

839,354

Population density:

1.6 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Tatars, Zyrians, Volugs, Ostiaks, Samoeds, Russians

Economic activities:

markets, fishing, fur trapping, cattle farming, crop farming

Trade:

Trade is rather active.

Cities:

Notable features:

Omskaia frontier fortress. Tobolsk was founded in 1587.

Climate:

generally cold

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