Photo, Print, Drawing Ėstli︠a︡ndskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡. Эстляндская губерния.
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Title
- Ėstli︠a︡ndskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡.
Other Title
- Эстляндская губерния.
Translated Title
- Estland 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 Estland Province, located in the northwestern part of the empire. The province borders the Gulf of Finland to the northwest and Lake Chudskoe to the southeast. Estland Province was established on the lands annexed from Sweden in the course of the Great Northern War of 1700-21. Reval (present-day Tallin, Estonia) was the administrative center. The card indicates that the distance from Reval to St. Petersburg was 3581/2 versts, and from Reval to Moscow, 1,0181/4 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
- - Estliandskaia
- - cards
- - Russia geography
- - Devices (Heraldry)
- - Ethnic costume
- - Maps
- - Playing cards
- - Provincial emblems
- - Estonia
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
- 2018689346
Online Format
- image