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Dublin Core
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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<span> </span><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>
<p><em>Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience)</em></p>
</blockquote>
</div>
<p><strong>As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards</strong>. 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.<br /><br /><strong>We think you should play with these cards.</strong> We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. <br /><br /><strong>You don't read Russian?</strong> No problem, we have translated the content. <br /><br /><strong>You don't know where any of these places are?</strong> No problem, we made maps. <br /><br /><strong>You don't know what questions to ask?</strong> No problem, we took care of that, too. </p>
<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.)<br /><br /><em>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.</em>
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Meeting of Frontiers
Publisher
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Library of Congress, Russian National Library
GeoCard
Province
Radom
Capital
Radom
Area (square miles)
9,346
Population (total)
954,084
Economic Activities
Fishing, Factories, Shipbuilding
Resident Ethnicities
Russians, Poles, Jews, Germans, Tatars
Dublin Core
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Title
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Radom
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
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Russian
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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
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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<span> </span><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>
<p><em>Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience)</em></p>
</blockquote>
</div>
<p><strong>As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards</strong>. 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.<br /><br /><strong>We think you should play with these cards.</strong> We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. <br /><br /><strong>You don't read Russian?</strong> No problem, we have translated the content. <br /><br /><strong>You don't know where any of these places are?</strong> No problem, we made maps. <br /><br /><strong>You don't know what questions to ask?</strong> No problem, we took care of that, too. </p>
<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.)<br /><br /><em>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.</em>
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
Pskov
Capital
Pskov
Area (square miles)
17,231
Population (total)
775,800
Economic Activities
Farming, Fishing, Pasture, Crafts
Resident Ethnicities
Russians, Lithuanians
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Pskov
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
Lakes region
-
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63f4ae6d96e2cf086fec36f88b57713a
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<span> </span><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>
<p><em>Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience)</em></p>
</blockquote>
</div>
<p><strong>As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards</strong>. 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.<br /><br /><strong>We think you should play with these cards.</strong> We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. <br /><br /><strong>You don't read Russian?</strong> No problem, we have translated the content. <br /><br /><strong>You don't know where any of these places are?</strong> No problem, we made maps. <br /><br /><strong>You don't know what questions to ask?</strong> No problem, we took care of that, too. </p>
<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.)<br /><br /><em>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.</em>
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
Poltava
Capital
Poltava
Area (square miles)
19,089
Population (total)
1,783,000
Economic Activities
Farming, Cattle, Factories
Resident Ethnicities
Ukrainians, Poles, Jews
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
Poltava
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
Left Bank
-
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d3fb3105c9e9a9f95e3ac9e93f277a50
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<span> </span><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>
<p><em>Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience)</em></p>
</blockquote>
</div>
<p><strong>As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards</strong>. 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.<br /><br /><strong>We think you should play with these cards.</strong> We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. <br /><br /><strong>You don't read Russian?</strong> No problem, we have translated the content. <br /><br /><strong>You don't know where any of these places are?</strong> No problem, we made maps. <br /><br /><strong>You don't know what questions to ask?</strong> No problem, we took care of that, too. </p>
<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.)<br /><br /><em>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.</em>
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
Podolia
Capital
Kamenets Podolsk
Area (square miles)
16,475
Population (total)
1,703,000
Economic Activities
Farming, Cattle, Distilleries, Pasture, Tobacco
Resident Ethnicities
Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, Jews, Germans, Greeks, Armenians, Tatars, Moldavans
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Podolia
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
-
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94009eb2ed0a7572f21e68ebb04e5da6
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<span> </span><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>
<p><em>Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience)</em></p>
</blockquote>
</div>
<p><strong>As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards</strong>. 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.<br /><br /><strong>We think you should play with these cards.</strong> We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. <br /><br /><strong>You don't read Russian?</strong> No problem, we have translated the content. <br /><br /><strong>You don't know where any of these places are?</strong> No problem, we made maps. <br /><br /><strong>You don't know what questions to ask?</strong> No problem, we took care of that, too. </p>
<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.)<br /><br /><em>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.</em>
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
Plotsk
Capital
Polotsk
Area (square miles)
6,451
Population (total)
619,907
Economic Activities
Forestry, Factories, Shipbuilding
Resident Ethnicities
Russians, Poles, Jews, Germans, Tatars
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Plotsk
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
-
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b04527dcd8df240551b20f21b3eba1d4
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<span> </span><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>
<p><em>Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience)</em></p>
</blockquote>
</div>
<p><strong>As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards</strong>. 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.<br /><br /><strong>We think you should play with these cards.</strong> We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. <br /><br /><strong>You don't read Russian?</strong> No problem, we have translated the content. <br /><br /><strong>You don't know where any of these places are?</strong> No problem, we made maps. <br /><br /><strong>You don't know what questions to ask?</strong> No problem, we took care of that, too. </p>
<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.)<br /><br /><em>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.</em>
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
Perm
Capital
Perm
Area (square miles)
129,074
Population (total)
1,637,700
Economic Activities
Cattle, Fishing, Factories
Resident Ethnicities
Russians, Tatars, Bashkirs, Zyrians, Cheremis, Vogulichej
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
Perm
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
-
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b02c46d6ef9b9ad536dac1fc7107e417
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<span> </span><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>
<p><em>Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience)</em></p>
</blockquote>
</div>
<p><strong>As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards</strong>. 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.<br /><br /><strong>We think you should play with these cards.</strong> We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. <br /><br /><strong>You don't read Russian?</strong> No problem, we have translated the content. <br /><br /><strong>You don't know where any of these places are?</strong> No problem, we made maps. <br /><br /><strong>You don't know what questions to ask?</strong> No problem, we took care of that, too. </p>
<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.)<br /><br /><em>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.</em>
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
Penza
Capital
Penza
Area (square miles)
14,693
Population (total)
1,087,200
Economic Activities
Farming, Forestry
Resident Ethnicities
Russians, Cheremis, Mordvinians
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
Penza
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
Middle Volga region
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Dublin Core
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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<span> </span><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>
<p><em>Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience)</em></p>
</blockquote>
</div>
<p><strong>As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards</strong>. 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.<br /><br /><strong>We think you should play with these cards.</strong> We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. <br /><br /><strong>You don't read Russian?</strong> No problem, we have translated the content. <br /><br /><strong>You don't know where any of these places are?</strong> No problem, we made maps. <br /><br /><strong>You don't know what questions to ask?</strong> No problem, we took care of that, too. </p>
<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.)<br /><br /><em>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.</em>
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
Orlov
Capital
Orlov
Area (square miles)
18,287
Population (total)
1,502,900
Economic Activities
Farming, Cattle, Gardening, Tobacco, Factories
Resident Ethnicities
Russians
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Orlov
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
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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<span> </span><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>
<p><em>Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience)</em></p>
</blockquote>
</div>
<p><strong>As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards</strong>. 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.<br /><br /><strong>We think you should play with these cards.</strong> We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. <br /><br /><strong>You don't read Russian?</strong> No problem, we have translated the content. <br /><br /><strong>You don't know where any of these places are?</strong> No problem, we made maps. <br /><br /><strong>You don't know what questions to ask?</strong> No problem, we took care of that, too. </p>
<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.)<br /><br /><em>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.</em>
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
Orenburg
Capital
Ufa
Area (square miles)
139,828
Population (total)
1,434,489
Economic Activities
Farming, Cattle, Fishing, Factories
Resident Ethnicities
Russians, Tatars, Bashkirs, Meshchers, Votiaks, Chuvash, Cheremis, Mordvinians
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
Orenburg
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
Southern Urals
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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<span> </span><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>
<p><em>Album of Geographical Playing Cards of Russia, arranged on 80 cards according to maritime basin (A wonderful and instructive child's game of patience)</em></p>
</blockquote>
</div>
<p><strong>As you can imagine, these were not your ordinary playing cards</strong>. 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.<br /><br /><strong>We think you should play with these cards.</strong> We think the chances are good that you will learn as much from them as we have. <br /><br /><strong>You don't read Russian?</strong> No problem, we have translated the content. <br /><br /><strong>You don't know where any of these places are?</strong> No problem, we made maps. <br /><br /><strong>You don't know what questions to ask?</strong> No problem, we took care of that, too. </p>
<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.)<br /><br /><em>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.</em>
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
Olonetsk
Capital
Petrozavodsk
Area (square miles)
57,952
Population (total)
263,100
Economic Activities
Forestry, Fishing, Gardening, Factories, Shipbuilding
Resident Ethnicities
Russians, Finns
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
Olonetsk
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
Lakes region