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Arkhangelsk Province
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12020-08-17T23:44:32-04:00Astrakhan Province10geographic playing cardplain2022-05-18T01:14:57-04:0046.34968, 48.04076
Basic
Provincial town: Astrakhan Area (sq miles): 71,617 Population: 344,400 Population density: 4.8 people per square mile Towns: 5
Noteworthy
Trade is conducted extremely actively. The climate is warm. Peter I founded the principal military port on the Caspian Sea in 1722, but Tsar Ivan Vasil'evich (a.k.a. "the Terrible") founded Astrakhan in 1554.
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12020-08-18T16:39:05-04:00Arkhangelsk Province9geographic playing cardplain2022-05-18T01:10:30-04:0064.5401, 40.5433
Basic
Provincial town: Arkhangelsk Area (sq miles): 330,399 Population: 253,000 Population density: 0.8 people per square mile Towns: 8
Noteworthy
Internal and external trade are extremely significant. The climate is cold and healthful. The Novodvinskaia fortress was built by Peter I in 1701; the town of Arkhangelsk was founded in 1637.
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