RIGA GOVERNORATE

'Riga Governorate' (, ) was a governorate of the Russian Empire. Named after the city of Riga, it was created July 28 (July 17 O.S.), 1713 out of territories conquered from Sweden in the Great Northern War. The former dominion of Swedish Livonia was formally ceded to Russia in the Treaty of Nystad in 1721. During subsequent administrative reordering, the governorate was renamed in 1796 into 'Governorate of Livonia' (Лифляндская губерния or ''Liflyandskaya guberniya'').
In 1917 the northern part of the Governorate of Livonia was combined with Governorate of Estonia to form a new autonomous governorate of Estonia.

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★ Reval Governorate

★ Saint Petersburg Governorate

★ Administrative divisions of Russia in 1713-1714

★ Livonian Confederation