Gribanov, K. M., illustrator still image ru 1800 1839 monographic place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 1800-1839 rus

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1 color lithograph ; 9.5 x 6.5 cm. This early-19th century playing card is from a set of 60 such cards, each devoted to a different province or territory of the Russian Empire, which at the time included the Grand Duchy of Finland, Congress Poland, and Russian America. One side of each card shows the local costume and the provincial coat of arms; the other side contains a map. This card depicts St. Petersburg Province, located in the northwestern part of the empire. The province borders lakes Ladoga and Onega to the northeast, Lake Chudskoe and the Gulf of Finland to the west, and the Grand Duchy of Finland to the north (part of present-day Finland). St. Petersburg, the administrative center of the province, was founded by Peter the Great in 1703. The card indicates that the distance from St. Petersburg to Moscow was 7193/4 versts. A verst is a Russian measurement of distance, no longer used, equal to 1.0668 kilometers. World Digital Library. adult Original image at: National Library of Russia Sankt-Peterburgskaia cards Russia geography Devices (Heraldry) Ethnic costume Maps Playing cards Provincial emblems Russian Federation Leningrad Oblast 795 947 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/mtfxph.npl001_0004f https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.4522 2018689312 DLC 191105 20250607100036.0 21306621 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng