Governorate of Livonia

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governorate of the Russian Empire historical administrative division

The Governorate of Livonia was a historical administrative region of the Russian Empire in the Baltic area, encompassing parts of present-day Latvia and Estonia.

Aliases (1)

Governorate of Riga ×1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governorate of the Russian Empire → historical administrative division →
administrativeCenter	Riga →
borderedBy	Baltic Sea → Governorate of Courland → Governorate of Estonia → Governorate of Pskov →
capital	Riga →
commonLanguage	Estonian → German → Latvian →
containsTerritory	parts of present-day Estonia → parts of present-day Latvia →
country	Russian Empire →
establishedBy	Russian Empire →
governmentType	imperial governorate →
hasEthnicGroup	Baltic Germans → Estonians → Latvians → Russians →
hasPortCity	Pärnu → Riga → Valmiera →
historicalRegion	Livonia →
historicalStatus	abolished administrative unit →
locatedIn	Baltic region → Northern Europe →
officialLanguage	Russian →
partOf	Baltic governorates → Russian Empire → Western Krai of the Russian Empire →
predecessor	Duchy of Livonia → Governorate of Riga →
presentIn	territory of modern Estonia → territory of modern Latvia →
religion	Eastern Orthodoxy → Lutheranism →
successor	Republic of Estonia → Republic of Latvia →
timePeriod	18th–20th centuries →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Erhard Schmidt → Louis Kahn →	placeOfBirth
Sergei Eisenstein →	birthPlace
Swedish Livonia →	followedBy
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann →	placeOfDeath
Governorate of Livonia ("Governorate of Riga") →	predecessor