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Photo, Print, Drawing Belostokskai︠a︡ oblastʹ. Белостокская область.

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Title

  • Belostokskai︠a︡ oblastʹ.

Other Title

  • Белостокская область.

Translated Title

  • Belostok Region.

Summary

  • 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 the Belostok Region, located in the western part of the empire, bordering on Poland. Belostok was acquired by Russia from Prussia in 1807, under the terms of the Treaties of Tilsit. The city of Belostok (Białystok, in Polish) was the administrative center of the region, and is located in present-day Poland. The card indicates that the distance from Belostok to St. Petersburg was 1,065 versts, and from Belostok to Moscow, 1,1081/2 versts. A verst is a Russian measurement of distance, no longer used, equal to 1.0668 kilometers. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Gribanov, K. M., illustrator.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1800-1839.

Headings

  • -  Devices (Heraldry)
  • -  Ethnic costume
  • -  Maps
  • -  Playing cards
  • -  Provincial emblems
  • -  Poland

Notes

  • -  Original image at: National Library of Russia

Medium

  • 1 color lithograph ; 9.5 x 6.5 cm.

Source Collection

  • Imperial Russian Playing Cards

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018689358

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Gribanov, K. M., Illustrator. Belostokskai︠a︡ Oblastʹ. Poland, 1800. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1839] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018689358/.

APA citation style:

Gribanov, K. M. (1800) Belostokskai︠a︡ Oblastʹ. Poland, 1800. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1839] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018689358/.

MLA citation style:

Gribanov, K. M., Illustrator. Belostokskai︠a︡ Oblastʹ. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1839] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018689358/>.