Baltic governorates

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former subdivision of the Russian Empire group of administrative divisions

The Baltic governorates were a group of provinces of the Russian Empire located along the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, encompassing territories of present-day Estonia and Latvia.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Baltic governorates canonical 3
Baltic provinces of the Russian Empire 2
Baltic governorates of the Russian Empire 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former subdivision of the Russian Empire ⓘ
group of administrative divisions ⓘ
administrativeCenter Riga ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Baltic provinces ⓘ
Baltic governorates ⓘ
surface form: Ostsee governorates
borderedBy Baltic Sea ⓘ
Governorate of Pskov ⓘ
Saint Petersburg Governorate ⓘ
surface form: Governorate of Saint Petersburg
consistedOf Governorate of Courland ⓘ
Governorate of Estonia ⓘ
Governorate of Livonia ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
dissolutionCause collapse of the Russian Empire ⓘ
dissolutionEvent Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
dominantSocialGroup Baltic Germans ⓘ
surface form: Baltic German nobility
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
port commerce ⓘ
timber export ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnicGroups Baltic Germans ⓘ
Estonians ⓘ
Jews ⓘ
Latvians ⓘ
Russians ⓘ
followedBy Estonia ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Estonia

Latvia ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Latvia
governedBy Governor-General of the Baltic provinces ⓘ
hadPortCity Liepāja, Latvia ⓘ
surface form: Liepāja

Reval ⓘ
Riga ⓘ
historicalRegion Baltic provinces ⓘ
surface form: Baltic provinces of the Russian Empire
languageOfAdministration German ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
legalSystem Baltic German provincial law ⓘ
locatedIn eastern coast of the Baltic Sea ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Estonia ⓘ
Latvia ⓘ
partOf Baltic provinces ⓘ
surface form: Baltic region
precededBy Swedish rule in the Baltic region ⓘ
religionMajority Lutheranism ⓘ
strategicImportance access to Baltic Sea ⓘ
western frontier of the Russian Empire ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Governorate of Livonia → partOf → Baltic governorates ⓘ
Baltic Germans → dominantLanguageOfAdministrationIn → Baltic governorates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltic provinces of the Russian Empire
Riga Polytechnic Institute → region → Baltic governorates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltic governorates of the Russian Empire
Baron von Steingel → residenceRegion → Baltic governorates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltic region of the Russian Empire
Governorate of Estonia → partOf → Baltic governorates ⓘ
Governorate of Estonia → historicalSubregionOf → Baltic governorates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baltic provinces of the Russian Empire
Baltic governorates → alsoKnownAs → Baltic governorates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ostsee governorates
Governorate of Courland → partOf → Baltic governorates ⓘ
Governorate of Pskov → borderRegionOf → Baltic governorates ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian Empire–Baltic provinces frontier