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Photo, Print, Drawing Kurskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡. Курская губерния.

About this Item

Title

  • Kurskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡.

Other Title

  • Курская губерния.

Translated Title

  • Kursk 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 Kursk Province, located in the western part of the empire. Kursk, situated at the confluence of the Seym and Tuskar rivers, was the administrative center of the province, and is one of the oldest Russian cities. The card indicates that the distance from Kursk to St. Petersburg was 1,231 versts, and from Kursk to Moscow, 511 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

  • -  Kurskaia
  • -  cards
  • -  Russia geography
  • -  Devices (Heraldry)
  • -  Ethnic costume
  • -  Maps
  • -  Playing cards
  • -  Provincial emblems
  • -  Russian Federation
  • -  Kursk Oblast
  • -  Ukraine

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

  • 2018689333

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Gribanov, K. M., Illustrator. Kurskai︠a︡ Gubernii︠a︡. Russian Federation Ukraine Kursk Oblast, 1800. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1839] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018689333/.

APA citation style:

Gribanov, K. M. (1800) Kurskai︠a︡ Gubernii︠a︡. Russian Federation Ukraine Kursk Oblast, 1800. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1839] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018689333/.

MLA citation style:

Gribanov, K. M., Illustrator. Kurskai︠a︡ Gubernii︠a︡. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1839] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018689333/>.