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Image 1 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. HANDBOOKS PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE HISTORICAL SECTION OF THE FOREIGN OFFICENo 50 COUKLAND LIVONIA AND ESTHONIA LONDON PUBLISHED BY H M STATIONERY OFFICE- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 4 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia.- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 5 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia.- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 6 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia.- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 7 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. f3 HANDBOOKS PREP ABED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE HISTORICAL SECTION OF THE FOREIGN OFFICENo 50 IC7 ILDf COURLAND LIVONIA AND ESTHONIA LONDON PUBLISHED BY H M STATIONERY OFFICE 1920 Cwd Ar- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 8 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. rriaYnai- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 9 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. mouT Thojl i t EDITORIAL NOTE In the spring of 1917 the Foreign Office in connexion with the preparation which they were making for the work of the Peace Conference established a...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 10 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. It must be understood that although the series of volumes was prepared under the authority and is now issued with the sanction of the Foreign Office that Office is not to be...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 11 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. Courland c TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE I GEOGRAPHY PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL 1 Position and Frontiers 1 2 Surface Coasts Islands and Rivers Surface 2 Coasts and Islands 4 Rivers 5 3 Climate...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 12 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. TABLE OF CONTENTS woso PAGE IV ECONOMIC CONDITIONS A Means of Communication 1 Internal a Roads 31 b Rivers and Canals 32 c Railways 33 d Posts Telegraphs and Telephones 39 2...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 13 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. couriand TABLE OF CONTENTS c J PAGE 2 Foreign a Exports Quantities and Values 67 Countries of Destination 69 b Imports Quantities and Values 70 Countries of Origin 72 D Finance 1...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 14 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia.- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 15 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. Courland c I GEOGRAPHY PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL 1 Position and Frontiers The Baltic Provinces lying between 55 45 and 59 45 north latitude and 20 55 and 28 15 east longitude are...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 16 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. 2 GEOGRAPHY No SO include the four northern Livonian districts Pernau Fellin Dor pat Yuryev Yurev and Verro where the population is predominantly Esthonian Livonia or Livland is bounded on the north...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 17 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. Couriand FRONTIERS SURFACE 3 district Lakes and marshes form quite 22j per cent of the surface The soil can hardly be called fertile for the larger half of the Esthonian Government i...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 18 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. 4 GEOGRAPHY Mo SO Courland is covered with sandy soil or sand the rest with clay or lighter claysand soil There are many marshes the largest being the Tirul swamp between Mitau...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 19 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. 5 couriand COASTS AND ISLANDS RIVERS which blocks the north end These islands nearly con vert the Gulf of Riga into a landlocked sea The only other exit is through the Irben...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 20 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. 6 GEOGRAPHY No SO internal traffic of Livonia and Courland It is possible that its importance may be increased in the future by the adoption of a scheme for regulating the river...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 21 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. C our land c RIVERS CLIMATE 7 3 Climate Owing largely to the proximity of the sea the climate of the Baltic Provinces is generally temperate and seasonal changes are gradual The...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 22 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. 8 GEOGRAPHY No 50 south while potatoes are more successfully cultivated in Esthonia than in any other Russian Government For a period of ten years 188695 the average rainfall over the whole...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 23 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. courianaj HEALTH RACE LANGUAGE 9 closely akin to Finnish There are three varieties of local dialects Yuryev Revel and Pernau Esthonian Revel Esthonian with its full inflexional forms and greater attention to...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 24 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. GEOGRAPHY 10 No 50 who are all represented in the population of the Baltic Provinces require no special treatment here It should be noted that the administrative division into governments does not...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 25 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. couriandj RACE POPULATION 11 The following are the figures given in the Russian Year Book Population of Districts and Govern ments Population of Towns Males Females Total Esthonia Livonia Courland Baltic Provinces...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 26 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. 12 GEOGRAPHY No 50 elsewhere In Courland there is a certain number of Lithuanians who live as country labourers or local journeymen Movement A distinguishing feature of the Baltic Provinces is the...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 27 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. Courland c 13 II POLITICAL HISTORY Chronological Summary 1201 Riga founded by Bishop Albert I 1238 Danes aided by Germans complete conquest of Esthonia 1330 The Teutonic Order conquers Riga 13467 After...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 28 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. 14 HISTORY No 50 1905 Outbreak of revolution 1906 German Unions founded 1907 Election to Duma German successes 1908 State of siege replaced by that of reinforced protection in Baltic Provinces 1...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 29 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. Courland c INTRODUCTORY 15 terms to Russia and how when Poland disappeared Courland was added to them With the accession of Alexander I 1801 a new era began and the history of...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 30 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. 16 HISTORY No SO the human cattle upon whose labours the prosperity of the Baltic Provinces was based Revolt proved hope less the Russians were prevented by the Tatar on slaught from...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 31 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. couriandj UNDER SWEDEN AND POLAND 17 peasants some mitigation of their slavery but Poland liad nothing to offer them except Roman Catholicism which they refused The contest for their ecclesiastical allegiance however...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 32 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. 18 HISTORY No SO some of the original Lettish nobles and a certain number of recruits from other lands The martial and adventurous spirit which had originally prompted their advent in the...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 33 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. Courland c UNDER RUSSIA 19 faith her own administration and law and the German language in Church school and public affairs In 1721 similar provisions appeared in the treaty which Russia dictated...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 34 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. 20 HISTORY No 50 distinct from men ennobled by State service and in 1741 they gained the sole right to possess estates The judges were to be named by them from among...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 35 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. Courland c THE LAND QUESTION 21 found an entry into Riga and some sections of the nobles while the Pietist movement promoted humanity towards the serfs In Alexander I 180125 however the...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 36 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. 22 HISTORY No 50 peasant gaining some human rights though remaining bound to the soil and to the service of his lord Twelve years later Esthonia conceded personal freedom and the right...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 37 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. Copland THE NATI0NAL QUESTION 23 6 The Baltic Provinces 18011905 The National Question During the nineteenth century the problem of the Baltic Provinces became more and more fully a problem of nationality...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 38 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. 24 HISTORY No SO the emancipated Letts and Esthonians were rapidly advancing By degrees the Russian Government came to regard the Baltic Germans as its enemies and to favour the Young Lettish...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 39 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. Courland c REVOLUTION OF 1905 25 to guard against a recurrence by strengthening the Germans and by consulting the Provinces on reform It is difficult to determine with any confidence how far...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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Image 40 of Courland, Livonia and Esthonia. 26 f No 50 III SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS 1 Political Government of the Baltic Provinces Prior to the war Courland Livonia and Esthonia formed three Governments of the Russian Empire divided...- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
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