Vyborg province (Geographic Playing Card)

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Title:

Vyborg 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:

Grand Duchy of Finland

Capital:

Vyborg

Area (sq. miles):

16,797

Population:

249,217

Population density:

14.8 people per square mile

Ethnicity of inhabitants:

Finns, Swedes, Russians

Economic activities:

arms factory, cattle farming, timber trade, fishing, glass factories

Trade:

Trade is conducted rather actively.

Cities:

Notable features:

An old fortress and a well-fortified port. Fridrikhsgamskaia port.

Climate:

healthful

Card #:

Collection:

Regional Diversity

Tags:

animal husbandry, Baltic Sea basin, climate: healthful, factories, Finns, fishing, fortress, glass, Grand Duchy of Finland, islands, lighthouses, maritime port, Russians, Swedes, timber, trade, trade: active