Baltic Governorates

Baltic Governorates
Прибалтийские губернии (Russian)
Pribaltiyskiye gubernii
1721–1918
Coat of arms
Map of Baltic governorates, which were the governorates of Courland, Livonia, and Estonia
StatusGovernorate in the Russian Empire
GovernmentMonarchy
Emperor 
 1721-1725 (first)
Peter I
 1894-1917 (last)
Nicholas II
Governor-General 
 1710-1726 (first)
Alexander Danilovich Menshikov
 1870-1876 (last)
Pyotr Romanovich Bagration
Historical eraRussian Empire
1710
1721
1795
3 March 1918
Area
189794,567.57 km2 (36,512.74 sq mi)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Estonia (1561–1721)
Swedish Livonia
Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
Ober Ost
United Baltic Duchy
Estonia
Latvia
Today part of

The Baltic Governorates, originally the Ostsee Governorates, was a collective name for the administrative units of the Russian Empire set up in the territories of Swedish Estonia, Swedish Livonia (1721) and, afterwards, of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1795).