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Riga Governorate
Рижская губерния
Governorate of the Russian Empire
1713–1783
Capital
Riga
History
• Established
17 July 1713
• Disestablished
3 July 1783
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Swedish Livonia
Riga Viceroyalty
Riga Governorate (Russian: Рижская губерния, romanized: Rizhskaya guberniya) was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) and one of the Baltic governorates of the Russian Empire, which existed from 1713 to 1783. The Province of Riga was formed to replace the Eastern Provinces of the Kingdom of Sweden in 1713. After the conquest of the regions of Ingermanland, Livonia and Estonia by Sweden in the Great Northern War in 1710. In 1713, the Provinces of Riga and Tallinn were separated into separate administrative units, and in 1713–1714, the organization and management of the Province of Riga were also defined.[1]
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