Vilensk province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Vilensk 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:

Belorussia

Capital:

Vilna

Area (sq. miles):

16,350

Population:

863,700

Population density:

52.8 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Belorussians, Lithuanians, Poles, Tatars

Economic activities:

textile factories, beekeeping, crop farming, hemp and flax cultivation

Trade:

Trade is rather significant.

Cities:

Notable features:

Vil'no is one of the most ancient cities in Russia.

Climate:

changeable

Card #:

Collection:

Regional Diversity

Tags:

ancient city, Baltic Sea basin, beekeeping, Belorussia, Belorussians, bountiful forest, climate: changeable, crop farming, factories, hemp, lakes, Lithuanians, mountains, notable city, Poles, swamps, Tatars, textiles, trade: active