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

Collection:

Regional Diversity