Riga Governorate
| Governorate of Livonia Лифляндская губерния Liflyandskaya guberniya |
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| Capital | Riga | |||||
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| • | Established (de facto) | 28 July 1713 | ||||
| • | Established (de jure) | 10 September 1721 | ||||
| • | Renamed | 1796 | ||||
| • | Divided | 12 April 1917 | ||||
| • | Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | 3 March 1918 | ||||
| • | Disestablished | 12 April 1918 | ||||
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| • | (1897) | 1,299,365 | ||||
| Political subdivisions | 9 | |||||
| Today part of |
 Estonia, Latvia
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The Governorate of Livonia (Russian: Лифляндская губерния, Liflyandskaya guberniya. German: Gouvernement Livland, Livländisches Gouvernement), (Latvian: Vidzemes guberņa, after the Latvian inhabited Vidzeme region) was one of the Baltic governorates of the Russian Empire, now divided between the Republic of Latvia and the Republic of Estonia.
After the capitulation of Estonia and Livonia in 1710, on July 28, 1713 Peter the Great created the Riga Governorate (Russian: Рижская губерния) which also included Smolensk Uyezd, Dorogobuzh Uyezd, Roslavl Uyezd and Vyazma Uyezd of Smolensk Governorate.
Sweden formally ceded Swedish Livonia to Russia in 1721 with the Treaty of Nystad. In 1722 Tartu County was added to Riga Governorate. In 1726 Smolensk Governorate was separated from Governorate, which now had five provinces - Rīga, Cēsis, Tartu, Pärnu and Saaremaa. In 1783 the Sloka County was added. On July 3, 1783 Catherine the Great reorganized Governorate into Riga Lieutenancy. Only in 1796, after the Third Partition of Poland this territory was renamed as the Governorate of Livonia.
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