Baltic governorates information

The Baltic governorates, originally the Ostsee governorates, was a collective name for the administrative units of the Russian Empire set up in the territories...

former Baltic governorates of Imperial Russia: Today's Estonia and Latvia (excluding parts of modern Eastern Latvia that were part of Vitebsk Governorate).[citation...

from 1925 to 1930. In the Baltic governorates the type of division was known as Kreis. The uezds of Bessarabia Governorate were called Ținut or Județ...

inhabited by Baltic Germans eventually became Baltic governorates of the Russian Empire: Courland Governorate, Governorate of Livonia and Governorate of Estonia...

founded the governorates of Estonia and Livonia (with the exception of Courland, Latgale). After the Great Northern War, both governorates became part...

formally relinquished all authority over former Russian Imperial Baltic governorates to Germany in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. On 5 November 1918, a...

The Governorate of Livonia, also known as the Livonia Governorate, was a province (guberniya) and one of the Baltic governorates of the Russian Empire...

The Governorate of Estonia, also known as the Esthonia (Estland) Governorate, was a province (guberniya) and one of the Baltic governorates of the Russian...

and one of the Baltic governorates of the Russian Empire. Its area roughly corresponded to parts of modern-day Latvia. The governorate was created in...

Russian Army assembled starting 1915 in Latvia in order to defend Baltic governorates against the German Empire in World War I. Initially, the battalions...

1923. Flag proportions Flag of the historical Governorate of Livonia, one of the Baltic governorates of the former Russian Empire Flag of the Kingdom...

the Baltic Germans — was to define themselves as German, using the pre-1871 concept. However, Reichsdeutsche visiting the Russian Baltic governorates in...

the 1780s), many governorates were replaced with viceroyalties, but later (before the 1800s) were reverted to governorates. Governorates of the Grand Duchy...

19th century for Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire. About the same time similar laws has been enacted in all Baltic governorates and Duchy of Courland...

rural areas Chernigov Governorate Novorossiya without Nikolaev and Sevastopol Kiev Governorate without Kiev Baltic governorates closed for arriving Jews...

considered to be administrative units and were included as parts of Governorates General or krais. The majority of then-existing oblasts were located...

non-Russian lands with maritime traditions—Finland and (especially) the Baltic governorates. The Russian Navy went into a period of decline due to the Empire's...

Kursk Governorate (Russian: Курская губерния, romanized: Kurskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire...

heightened during the Crimean War in which Finnish ports and fortresses on the Baltic Sea became subject for Allied attacks, specifically Suomenlinna and Bomarsund...

Riga Governorate (Russian: Рижская губерния, romanized: Rizhskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) and one of the Baltic governorates...

Grodno Governorate bordered by Suwałki Governorate to the north, Vilna Governorate to the northeast, Minsk Governorate to the east, Volhynia Governorate to...

of the Baltic governorates of the Russian Empire, which existed from 1719 to 1783. Its capital was in Reval (Tallinn). Reval Governorate was originally...

the areas which were later occupied by Tver Governorate were split between Moscow and Novgorod Governorates. On 25 November 1775 Tver Viceroyalty was established...

Lithuania Baltic Provinces or governorates, former parts of the Swedish Empire and then Russian Empire (in modern Latvia, Estonia) Baltic Shield, the...

Bolsheviks, and Poland. The first governorates, Vilnius Governorate (consisting of eleven uyezds or districts) and Slonim Governorate, were established after the...

(Uriankhai). Of these, 11 Governorates, 17 oblasts, and 1 okrug (Sakhalin) belonged to Asian Russia. Of the rest, 8 Governorates were in Finland and 10 in...

Livonia, but their attempts were defeated. From 1845 to 1876, the Baltic governorates of Estonia, Livonia, and Courland — an area roughly corresponding...