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Photo, Print, Drawing Simbirskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡. Симбирская губерния.

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Title

  • Simbirskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡.

Other Title

  • Симбирская губерния.

Translated Title

  • Simbir 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 Simbir Province, located in the western part of the empire. Simbirsk (present-day Ulianovsk), the administrative center of the province, is situated on the Volga River. It was founded in 1648, as a fortress to defend Russia's southern frontier. The card indicates that the distance from Simbirsk to St. Petersburg was 1,4721/2 versts, and from Simbirsk to Moscow, 753 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

  • -  Simbirskaia
  • -  cards
  • -  Russia geography
  • -  Devices (Heraldry)
  • -  Ethnic costume
  • -  Maps
  • -  Playing cards
  • -  Provincial emblems
  • -  Russian Federation
  • -  Ulyanovsk Oblast

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

  • 2018689324

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Gribanov, K. M., Illustrator. Simbirskai︠a︡ Gubernii︠a︡. Russian Federation Ulyanovsk Oblast, 1800. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1839] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018689324/.

APA citation style:

Gribanov, K. M. (1800) Simbirskai︠a︡ Gubernii︠a︡. Russian Federation Ulyanovsk Oblast, 1800. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1839] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018689324/.

MLA citation style:

Gribanov, K. M., Illustrator. Simbirskai︠a︡ Gubernii︠a︡. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1839] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018689324/>.