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Photo, Print, Drawing Kurli︠a︡ndskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡. Курляндская губерния.

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Title

  • Kurli︠a︡ndskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡.

Other Title

  • Курляндская губерния.

Translated Title

  • Courland Province.

Summary

  • This early-19th century playing card is from a set of 60 such cards, each devoted to a different province or territory of the Russian Empire, which at the time included the Grand Duchy of Finland, Congress Poland, and Russian America. One side of each card shows the local costume and the provincial coat of arms; the other side contains a map. This card depicts Courland Province , located in part of present-day Latvia, and bordered by the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Riga. Russia acquired the territory of Courland Province after the third partition of Poland, in 1795. Mitau (now Jelgava) was the administrative center of the province. The card indicates that the distance from Mitau to St. Petersburg was 5971/2 versts, and from Mitau to Moscow, 1,1073/4 versts. A verst is a Russian measurement of distance, no longer used, equal to 1.0668 kilometers. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Gribanov, K. M., illustrator.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1800-1839.

Headings

  • -  Kurliandskaia
  • -  cards
  • -  Russia geography
  • -  Devices (Heraldry)
  • -  Ethnic costume
  • -  Maps
  • -  Playing cards
  • -  Provincial emblems
  • -  Latvia

Notes

  • -  Original image at: National Library of Russia

Medium

  • 1 color lithograph ; 9.5 x 6.5 cm.

Source Collection

  • Imperial Russian Playing Cards

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018689348

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Gribanov, K. M., Illustrator. Kurli︠a︡ndskai︠a︡ Gubernii︠a︡. Latvia, 1800. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1839] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018689348/.

APA citation style:

Gribanov, K. M. (1800) Kurli︠a︡ndskai︠a︡ Gubernii︠a︡. Latvia, 1800. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1839] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018689348/.

MLA citation style:

Gribanov, K. M., Illustrator. Kurli︠a︡ndskai︠a︡ Gubernii︠a︡. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1839] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018689348/>.