Volhynia province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Volhynia 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:

Right Bank

Capital:

Zhitomir

Area (sq. miles):

30,682

Population:

1,445,500

Population density:

47.1 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Ukrainians, Poles, Russians, Gypsies, Moldovans, Tatars

Economic activities:

factories, crop farming, hemp and flax cultivation, cattle farming, shipping

Trade:

Trade is insignificant.

Cities:

Notable features:

4 customs-houses are located in the province.

Climate:

temperate

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