Governorate of Estonia 670051 194625142 2008-02-28T09:38:48Z Oth 3782349 Flag of the governorate {{for|the governorate from 1917-18|Autonomous Governorate of Estonia}} {{Infobox Former Subdivision |native_name = Эстляндская губерния<br>''Estlyandskaya guberniya'' |conventional_long_name = Governorate of Estonia |common_name = Reval or Est(h)onia |subdivision = Governorate |nation = the [[Russian Empire]] |year_start = 1721 |event_start = [[Treaty of Nystad|Established]] (de jure) |date_start = September 10 |event1 = Renamed |date_event1 = 1796 |year_end = 1917 |event_end = Autonomy granted |date_end = April 12 |event_pre = [[Great Northern War|Established]] (de facto) |date_pre = [[June 9]], [[1719]] |p1 = Swedish Estonia |flag_p1 = Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg |s1 = Autonomous Governorate of Estonia |flag_s1 = Eestimaa värvid.svg |image_flag = Eestimaa värvid.svg <!-- Flag of Russia.svg - was there a specific flag for Reval at this time?--> |image_coat = Coat of Arms of Estonia gubernia (Russian empire).png |image_map = Meyerbaltikum.jpg |image_map_caption = [[Courland Governorate]], [[Governorate of Livonia]], [[Governorate of Estonia]] of the [[Russian Empire]] |capital = Reval |political_subdiv= }} The '''Governorate of Est(h)onia'''<ref>[http://www.bdcol.ee/fileadmin/docs/bdreview/bdr-2002-8-11.pdf The Baltic States from 1914 to 1923 By LtCol Andrew Parrott]</ref> ({{lang-ru|Эстляндская губерния}} or ''Estlyandskaya guberniya'') or '''Estland''', also known as the '''Government of Estonia''' or '''Province of Estonia''', was a [[guberniya|governorate]] of the [[Russian Empire]] in what is now northern [[Estonia]]. Initially named the '''Reval Governorate''' after the city of Reval, today known as [[Tallinn]], it was created in 1719 out of territories conquered from [[Swedish Empire|Sweden]] in the [[Great Northern War]]. The former [[Dominions of Sweden|dominion]] of [[Swedish Estonia]] was formally ceded to Russia in the [[Treaty of Nystad]] in 1721. During subsequent administrative reordering, the governorate was renamed in 1796 into the Governorate of Estonia. While the rule of the Swedish kings had been fairly liberal with greater autonomy granted for the peasantry, the regime was tightened under the Russian tsars and [[Russian serfdom|serfdom]] was not abolished until 1819. The governorate consisted the northern part of the present-day [[Estonia]] approximately corresponding to [[Harju County|Harjumaa]] including the city of Tallinn, [[Lääne-Viru County|Western Virumaa]], [[Ida-Viru County|Eastern Virumaa]], [[Rapla County|Raplamaa]], [[Järva County|Järvamaa]], [[Lääne County|Läänemaa]] and [[Hiiu County|Hiiumaa]]. On [[April 12]], [[1917]] ([[March 30]] [[Old Style and New Style dates|Old Style]]) it was expanded to include northern Livonia, thereby forming the [[Autonomous Governorate of Estonia]]. After the [[Russian revolution of 1917]], Tallinn remained under Soviet control until [[February 24]], [[1918]], when Estonian independence was declared. ==References== {{reflist}} ==See also== *[[Governorate of Livonia]] *[[Saint Petersburg Governorate]] *[[Administrative divisions of Russia in 1719-1725]] *[[History of Estonia#Part of Imperial Russia|History of Estonia]] - Part of Imperial Russia [[Category:Governorates of the Russian Empire]] [[Category:Baltic governorates|Estonia]] [[Category:History of Estonia]] [[de:Gouvernement Estland]] [[et:Tallinna asehaldurkond]] [[it:Governatorato di Reval]] [[ko:레벨스카야 구베르니야]] [[nl:Gouvernement Estland]] [[pt:Governadorato de Reval]] [[ru:Эстляндская губерния]] [[zh:日瓦爾省]]