Tver province (Geographic Playing Card)
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Title:
Tver 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 Industrial region
Capital:
Tver
Area (sq. miles):
26,044
Population:
1,327,700
Population density:
51 people per square mile
Ethnicity of inhabitants:
Russians, Karelians
Economic activities:
factories, shipbuilding, lime, production of axes, scythes, and sickles
Trade:
Internal and external trade is extremely significant.
Cities:
12
Notable features:
Piers: Rzhevskaia, Zubtsovskaia, and Tvorskaia. Tver was built at the beginning of the twelfth century.
Climate:
harsh and changeable
Card #:
45