Couronian governorate

GPTKB entity

Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf governorate
gptkbp:administrativeDivision Governorate
gptkbp:area approximately 30,000 km²
gptkbp:capital Libau
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Russian_Ruble
gptkbp:demographics gptkb:Ethnic_Latvians
gptkb:Ethnic_Germans
gptkb:Ethnic_Russians
gptkbp:dissolved 1918
gptkbp:established 1795
gptkbp:geographicalFeature gptkb:Baltic_Sea
Gulf of Riga
gptkbp:governmentType Governorate
gptkbp:historicalEvent World_War_I_impact
Establishment_of_Latvia
Incorporated_into_the_Russian_Empire
Part_of_the_Second_Partition_of_Poland
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Cultural_exchange_in_the_Baltic_region
Development_of_Latvian_identity
Influence_of_German_culture
Trade_routes_in_the_Baltic_Sea
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Couronian governorate
gptkbp:language German
Latvian
Russian
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Latvia
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Jelgava
gptkb:Riga
Liepāja
Ventspils
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Johann_Gottfried_Herder
gptkb:Wilhelm_von_Humboldt
gptkb:Paul_von_Lettow-Vorbeck
gptkb:Friedrich_von_Schlegel
Karl_von_der_Brüggen
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkbp:population approximately 500,000
gptkbp:region gptkb:Courland
gptkbp:successor Courland_and_Semigallia
gptkbp:timeZone gptkb:Eastern_European_Time