Vitebsk province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Vitebsk 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:

Vitebsk

Area (sq. miles):

17,249

Population:

789,500

Population density:

45.8 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Russians, Belorussians, Poles, Jews, Germans, Gypsies

Economic activities:

distilleries, fishing, trade in tobacco, flax, hemp

Trade:

Trade is insignificant.

Cities:

Notable features:

Dinaburgskaia fortress. Vitebsk is one of the most ancient cities in Russia.

Climate:

temperate and stable

Card #:

Collection:

Regional Diversity

Tags:

ancient city, Baltic Sea basin, Belorussia, Belorussians, climate: temperate and stable, flax, fortress, Germans, Gypsies, hemp, Jews, notable city, Poles, Russians, timber trade, trade, trade: negligible