Tomsk province (Geographic Playing Card)
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Title:
Tomsk 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:
Tomsk
Area (sq. miles):
321,611
Population:
564,602
Population density:
1.8 people per square mile
Ethnicity of inhabitants:
Slavic tribes, Finns, Mongols, Tatars, Samoeds
Economic activities:
crop farming, mining, smelting factories, beekeeping, trapping, fishing, distilleries
Trade:
Trade is extremely significant.
Cities:
6
Notable features:
customs house and a trade center (Menovoi dvor) are located in Semipalatinsk.
Climate:
changeable
Card #:
68