Courland Governorate, also known as the Province of Courland or Governorate of Kurland, and known from 1795 to 1796 as the Viceroyalty of Courland, was...

existence. It was proclaimed on 8 March 1918, in the German-occupied Courland Governorate by a council composed of Baltic Germans, who offered the crown of...

Courland is one of the Historical Latvian Lands in western Latvia. Courland's largest city is Liepāja, which is the third largest city in Latvia. The...

The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (Latin: Ducatus Curlandiæ et Semigalliæ; German: Herzogtum Kurland und Semgallen; Latvian: Kurzemes un Zemgales hercogiste;...

Governorates to the east, Courland Governorate to the south, and the Gulf of Riga to the west. In 1897, the population of the governorate was 1,299,365, and...

Universal Display of the Naval Flags. The flag of the Courland Governorate (1795–1918). Coat of arms of Courland Flag of the Livonians Klaes Sierksma; Hylke Sierksma...

Prussia. During World War I, the Imperial German Army had occupied the Courland Governorate of the Russian Empire by the autumn of 1915. The front stabilised...

and financial settlement with the last Duke of Courland and Semigallia in 1795 the Courland Governorate was created in which the Germans retained their...

Germans eventually became Baltic governorates of the Russian Empire: Courland Governorate, Governorate of Livonia and Governorate of Estonia. The Baltic provinces...

and territories of the Governorate of Courland (German: Kurländisches Gouvernement, Russian: Курляндская губерния), the Governorate of Livland (German: Livländisches...

capital of the united Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1578–1795) and was the administrative center of the Courland Governorate (1795–1918). Jelgava is situated...

The Baltic Landwehr or Baltische Landeswehr ("Baltic Territorial Army") was the name of the unified armed forces of Couronian and Livonian nobility from...

arms. In 1795, Courland and Semigallia became part of the Russian Empire as the Courland Governorate. On 6 December 1856, the governorate was officially...

Talsen, Russian: Тальсенский уезд) was a historic county of the Courland Governorate and of the Republic of Latvia. Its capital was Talsi (Talsen). The...

its name changed to the Courland Governorate. The Viceroyalty was created in 1795 out of the territory of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia which was...

Suwałki Governorate to the west, the Kovno and Courland Governorates to the north, and the Vitebsk Governorate to the east. The capital was located in Vilna...

German: Kandau; Livonian: Kāndav) is a town in Tukums Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia. It had a population of 3,656 people as of January 2020...

Courland, a historical and cultural region of Latvia. Kurzeme may also refer to: Latvian: Kurzemes guberņa, the Latvian name of Courland Governorate Kurzeme...

of important Russian military campaigns. Totleben was born at Mitau in Courland (now Jelgava, Latvia). His parents were of Thuringian descent and originated...

Prussian Branch. Between 1237 and 1290, the Livonian Order conquered all of Courland, Livonia, and Semigallia. In 1298, Lithuanians took Karkus Castle north...

the Great Purge. Rudzutaks was born in the Kuldīga district of the Courland Governorate (present-day Kursīši parish, Saldus municipality, Latvia), the son...

Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, 1561–1795 (including a list of dukes) Duchess of Courland, a list Courland Governorate, a Baltic governorate of the Russian...

This is a list of governorates of the Russian Empire (Russian: губерния, pre-1918: губернія, romanized: guberniya) established between the administrative...

Vice Governor of Kharkov Governorate (1886–1888), Governor of Courland Governorate (1888–1891) and Governor of Moscow Governorate (1891–1893). Deputy of...

was born on 3 December 1886 in Brinken volost of Kreis Hasenpoth, Courland Governorate (now Nīkrāce parish, Skrunda Municipality), the son of Latvian farmers...

Herberts Cukurs Cukurs in 1934 Born (1900-05-17)17 May 1900 Liepāja, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Latvia) Died 23 February 1965(1965-02-23)...

safety was short-lived as World War I broke out one year later and Courland Governorate was partially occupied by Germany in 1915. In the last stages of...

Viktors Arājs (13 January 1910 – 13 January 1988) was a Latvian/Baltic German collaborator and Nazi SS SD officer who took part in the Holocaust during...

Jewish physician and amateur violinist, Yuly Petrovich Davidhoff from Courland Governorate. His elder brother August Davidov was a noted mathematician and educator...

Petersburg State University, he worked at the legal department of the Courland Governorate and, from 1888, as a doctor in Jelgava. In 1889 he became the editor...