1 10 80 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/c9de7a97bb83933a65474ce164a41b59.png 02febc18deb0349cc4f7e37aa73dca01 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Zabaikal Capital Chita Area (square miles) 48,636 Economic Activities Farming, Cattle, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Factories, Mineral Waters Resident Ethnicities Russians, Buriats, Tungusi Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Zabaikal Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Siberia https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/8284317a7bf7ed75681d53fba7c5fa0a.jpg 8b48df2ded4b0c423a587f8e6d2c8633 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Warsaw Capital Warsaw Area (square miles) 14,307 Population (total) 1,555,959 Economic Activities Farming, Forestry, Distilleries, Factories Resident Ethnicities Russians, Poles, Jews, Germans, Tatars Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Warsaw Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Kingdom of Poland https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/2c9ba194723ade822a37def48bb5b6c0.jpg 97788e1acf5409673e7d0725fe60a412 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Vyborg Capital Vyborg Area (square miles) 16,797 Population (total) 249,217 Economic Activities Cattle, Forestry, Fishing, Factories Resident Ethnicities Finns, Swedes, Russians Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vyborg Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Grand Duchy of Finland https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/0a5fa89400f8f16e9a56cfed26e39628.jpg b7d04b1bdd0f06d91004168b60b444c1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Voronezh Capital Voronezh Area (square miles) 25,747 Population (total) 1,657,900 Economic Activities Farming, Cattle, Pasture, Tobacco, Factories Resident Ethnicities Russians, Ukrainians, Kazaks, Germans, Gypsies Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Voronezh Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Central Agricultural region https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/6314585c7f573f2e10bc5774525a1339.jpg a4fb947f7bbbb9b501a581d04b2ee4d5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Vologda Capital Vologda Area (square miles) 148,329 Population (total) 822,200 Economic Activities Cattle, Forestry, Pasture, Factories Resident Ethnicities Russians, Zyrians Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vologda Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Northern region https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/124412fa41b2917ea382058865cffc1b.jpg 6fd4802cc620c7671fae0b32ad4ad69b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Volhynia Capital Zhitomir Area (square miles) 30,682 Population (total) 1,445,500 Economic Activities Farming, Cattle, Forestry, Pasture, Factories, Shipbuilding Resident Ethnicities Ukrainians, Poles, Russians, Gypsies, Moldovans, Tatars Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Volhynia Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/d1ae8468462053483491d149c9cd2cde.jpg fb132f5009533ab04832e10842cf4156 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Vladimir Capital Vladimir Area (square miles) 18,352 Population (total) 1,246,500 Economic Activities Gardening, Factories Resident Ethnicities Russians Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vladimir Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Central Industrial region https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/cb5863c08e110966b37a787811fb0d99.jpg 6e6603d21e6b81846b843a3dfbc40b76 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Vitebsk Capital Vitebsk Area (square miles) 17,249 Population (total) 789,500 Economic Activities Distilleries, Fishing, Pasture, Tobacco Resident Ethnicities Russians, Belorussians, Poles, Jews, Germans, Gypsies Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vitebsk Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Belorussia https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/0bc4a334eb42bed34b3b699f8dae3870.jpg ed63cbd23d56156d090233cfd0c82627 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Vilensk Capital Vilna Area (square miles) 16,350 Population (total) 863,700 Economic Activities Farming, Forestry, Pasture, Factories Resident Ethnicities Belorussians, Lithuanians, Poles, Tatars, Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vilensk Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Belorussia https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/784ccdb29fb0eadc84b7486c16b1ef08.jpg d1fda1063f69b50f82c10028462e6d21 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geographic Card Set Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 007 Description An account of the resource In 1856, a hot new item hit the shelves in Russia: a set of <a data-size="medium" data-align="right" data-caption="description" data-annotations="" resource="yaroslav-province" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/3159934d76f3c41fb9190281e87d6db9.jpg" class="media_link texteo_icon texteo_icon_image">playing cards</a>. Created by Konstantin Matveevich Gribanov, the set had an impressive title: <div> <blockquote> Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience) </blockquote> </div> As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards. They were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced, and laden with pedagogical and ideological value. If you had money to spare and fancied yourself an educated, elite, or prestige-hungry subject of the tsar, you no doubt found a way to get your hands on a set. We think you should play with these cards. We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. You don't read Russian? No problem, we have translated the content.  You don't know where any of these places are? No problem, we made maps.  You don't know what questions to ask? No problem, we took care of that, too.  <h2>Now stop making excuses. <a href="https://imperiia.scalar.fas.harvard.edu/imperiia/the-playing-cards">Click here to explore "Deal: History Through Playing Cards</a>"</h2> (And come back here anytime to access the images via a dynamic, high-resolution viewer.) Note: The cards were digitized as the "Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire" by the <a target="_blank" href="http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#d_eng" rel="noopener">Meeting of Frontiers</a> project: a collaboration between the Library of Congress and the Russian National Library. They are available for noncommercial educational use. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Meeting of Frontiers Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress, Russian National Library GeoCard Province Viatka Capital Viatka Area (square miles) 53,222 Population (total) 1,662,800 Economic Activities Farming, Forestry, Pasture, Factories Resident Ethnicities Russians, Votiaks, Cheremis, Tatars, Teptiars, Bashkirs Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Viatka Description An account of the resource Summary of the culture, history, economy and geography of the province. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfhome.html" target="_blank">Meeting of Frontiers Digital Collections</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Library of Congress; Russian National Library Language A language of the resource Russian Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Access provided by the Library of Congress strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1856 Northern Urals