16 10 1271 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/8237e8fc3c56f99a29e667210feef1aa.jpg 60d7e4d1f66d5c9f5874e94b420f3313 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 Tavrida Capital Simferopol Area (square miles) 26,087 Population (total) 572,200 Economic Activities Farming, Cattle, Viticulture, Distilleries, Fishing, Gardening Resident Ethnicities Russians, Jews, Armenians, Tatars, Bulgarians, Nogays 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 Tavrida 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 Novorossiia https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/6db71db0ac15c50fe179e6a7096ba09c.jpg 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 <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 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 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 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 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/fb765d51900c8fd61ae663371790d526.jpg 16245d9c0eaad69834e02e4c109cd8c8 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 Russian American Company Territories Capital Sitka Population (total) 19,028 Economic Activities Hunting, forestry Resident Ethnicities Russians, Creoles, Aleuts, Kenaitsy, Chagach, Kuriltsy 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 Russian American Company Territories 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 Russian America https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/e5a113084282605bc078c29aecdf58b1.jpg 29e524d27dd9d2f251b14836874936e4 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 Enisei Capital Krasnoiarsk Area (square miles) 309,660 Population (total) 18,159 Economic Activities Farming, Cattle, Fishing Resident Ethnicities Samoeds, Ostiaks, Tungus, Iakuts, 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 Enisei 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 Siberia https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/0019092513621bd2859bc74248616634.jpg 0865fc8e9f9ef9d02b315c5f7a488198 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 Iakutsk Capital Yakutsk Area (square miles) 721,228 Economic Activities Forest, Fishing, Pasture Resident Ethnicities Iakuts, Tungus, Buriats, Lamuts, Iukagirs 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 Iakutsk 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 Siberia https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/a91bd7ce26f64b848dd1dbe5ef71abcb.jpg e80a341ff3b0408169c4a0923075f136 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 Irkustsk Capital Irkutsk Area (square miles) 132,701 Population (total) 17,975 Economic Activities Farming, Fishing Resident Ethnicities Tungus, 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 Irkustsk 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 Siberia https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/04ae079eaa14bd0fbd17c7a25c9e2390.jpg e787e9f590f6aaa588db81c7a3576936 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 Kamchatka Capital Nizhnekamchatsk Economic Activities Forestry, Fishing Resident Ethnicities Chukuts, Eskimos, Iakuts, Tungus, Buriats, Lamuts, Iukagirs 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 Kamchatka 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 Siberia https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/4f5b3e2f60f338eee481ac00a0233072.jpg 4183b987749b9dce447a535b2b5492b2 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 Tobolsk Capital Tobolsk Area (square miles) 512,127 Population (total) 839,354 Economic Activities Farming, Cattle, Forestry, Fishing Resident Ethnicities Tatars, Zyrians, Volugs, Ostiaks, Samoeds, 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 Tobolsk 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 Siberia https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/imperiia/original/c70bde687b1f95420d150614258e6191.jpg 5127cc195cf135bddb5fd61715d81127 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 Tomsk Capital Tomsk Area (square miles) 321,611 Population (total) 564,602 Economic Activities Farming, Forestry, Distillieries, Fishing, Factories Resident Ethnicities Russians, Finns, Mongols, Tatars, Samoeds 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 Tomsk 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 Siberia