Vladimir province (Geographic Playing Card)
Title:
Vladimir 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:
Vladimir
Area (sq. miles):
18,352
Population:
1,246,500
Population density:
67.9 people per square mile
Ethnicity of inhabitants:
Russians
Economic activities:
leather, textile, and canvas factories, glass and crystal factories, cast-iron and iron works, orchardry
Trade:
External trade is extremely significant.
Cities:
13
Notable features:
The Golden Gates, built in 1164, are located in Vladimir. Vladimir was founded in 1118 by Vladimir Monomakh.
Climate:
temperate
Card #:
60
