| Courland Governorate | |||||||||
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| Governorate of the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| 1795–1918 | |||||||||
 Location in the Russian Empire The Governorate in 1821 (Russian/German) | |||||||||
| Capital | Mitau | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1897 | 674,034 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Partition of Poland | 28 March 1795 | ||||||||
| 1918 | |||||||||
• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | 1918 | ||||||||
 Subdivisions or uyezds of Courland Governorate | |||||||||
| Political subdivisions | 9 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Latvia Lithuania | ||||||||
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Courland Governorate,[a] also known as the Province of Courland or Governorate of Kurland,[1][2] and known from 1795 to 1796 as the Viceroyalty of Courland,[b] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) and one of the Baltic governorates of the Russian Empire. Its area roughly corresponded to Kurzeme, Zemgale and Sēlija of modern-day Latvia.
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