Photo, Print, Drawing Minskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡. Минская губерния.
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Title
- Minskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡.
Other Title
- Минская губерния.
Translated Title
- Minsk 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 Minsk Province, located in the western part of the empire. In the south, the Pripiat (Prypyats', in Belarusian) River, a tributary of the Dnieper (Dnyapro, in Belarusian) River, flows eastward across the province. The province was acquired by Russia in 1793, after the second partition of Poland. Minsk was the administrative center of the province, and is the capital of present-day Belarus. The card indicates that the distance from Minsk to St. Petersburg was 9093/4 versts, and from Minsk to Moscow, 6911/4 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
- - Minskaia
- - cards
- - Russia geography
- - Devices (Heraldry)
- - Ethnic costume
- - Maps
- - Playing cards
- - Provincial emblems
- - Belarus
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
- 2018689351
Online Format
- image