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Kutais 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_RussianGeogCards29.jpgKelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
Provincial town: Kutaisi Area (sq miles): 2,033 Population: no notation Population density: unknown Towns: 5 Trade note: no notation Climate note: no notation
Notable features:
the remarkable fortress Redut Kale is in Mingrelia
Akhaltsykhskaia fortress and citadel, built in the beginning of the 11th century
Kutais is one of the oldest cities in Georgia
ruins of a marble church built in the 11th century
the fortified city of Poti, at the mouth of the River Rioni
