Keywords: Bessarabia Province 1856a.jpg 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 shown here 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 a picture of the local costume of the inhabitants The province of Bessarabia depicted on this card roughly corresponds to the territory of present-day Moldova http //www wdl org/en/item/45/ 1856 Geographic Card Set of the Russian Empire PD-RusEmpire Bessarabia 1856 postcards Images from the World Digital Library Russian National Library collection |