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Derbent Province
12020-08-16T17:43:05-04:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f591Item in the set of geographic playing cards produced in Russia in 1856. These were elaborately illustrated, beautifully-produced playing cards laden with pedagogical and ideological value. There is one card for each province of the Russian Empire.plain2020-08-16T17:43:05-04:001856LoC_RussianGeogCards8.jpgKelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
Provincial town: Derbent Area (sq miles): 270 Population: 116,500 Population density: 431.5 people per square mile Towns: 2 Trade note: Trade is extremely insignificant Climate note: no notation
Notable features:
Derbent fortress and citadel
Derbent was founded in the sixth century by the Persian Tsar Nushirvan and taken by the Russians in 1796.
former khan's palace, once the residence of Peter the Great
