Title

Tavrich Province, 1856. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Tavrich Province, 1856. This card is one of a souvenir set of 82 illustrated cards-one for each province of the Russian Empire as it existed in 1856. Each card presents an overview of a particular province's culture, history, economy, and geography. The front of the card depicts such distinguishing features as rivers, mountains, major cities, and chief industries. The back of each card contains a map of the province, the provincial seal, information about the population, and the local costume of the inhabitants. National Library of Russia

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM24A04_209

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48,3Mb (3,2Mb) / 11,4in x 16,5in / 3405 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

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