Lifli︠a︡ndskai︠a︡ gubernīi︠a︡ (Russia)

Лифляндская губерния (Russia)

found: Ėnt︠s︡ikl. slovarʹ, 1890-1904:v. 17, p. 841-847 (Lifli︠a︡ndskai︠a︡ gubernīi︠a︡; one of three provinces that make up the Pribaltīĭskīĭ kraĭ) v. 25, p. 110-117 (Lifli︠a︡ndīi︠a︡; since 1710 part of the Russian Empire, after 1876 considered an administrative unit equivalent to other gubernii of the empire)

found: Bolʹshai︠a︡ rossiĭskai︠a︡ ent︠s︡iklopedii︠a︡, via WWW, viewed June 24, 2020:Lifli︠a︡ndskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡ page (Лифляндская губерния = Lifli︠a︡ndskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡; on 23.12.1796, Paul I issued a decree renaming the Rizhskoe namestnichestvo to Lifli︠a︡ndskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡; after the February Revolution of 1917, on 25.4.1917 the government declared Estonia as autonomous and defined its borders, which included several counties being removed from the Lifli︠a︡ndskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡ (Arensburg, Valka, Verrosky, Pernovsky, Fellinsky, Yuryev counties); the remaining counties of the Lifli︠a︡ndskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡ (Riga, Wenden, and Wolmar) later became part of Latvia)

found: Russian Wikipedia, viewed June 24, 2020(in February 1918, the Lifli︠a︡ndskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡ was occupied by German forces and was briefly under control of the Ober Ost; the Baltic Provinces were created from the Peace of Brest on April 12, 1918; in November 1918, The People's Council of Latvia proclaimed the Republic of Latvia as an independent state)

notfound: LC data base, 7-22-87 (hdg.: Latvia);LC data base, 7-22-87 (hdg.: Livonia)