The governor-general of the Baltic provinces or governor-general of Estonia, Livonia, and Courland () was the military commander of the Riga

Military District Military districts (also called military regions) are formations of a state's armed forces (often of the Army) which are responsible for a certain area of territory. They are often more responsible for administrative than operational matters, and ...

and the highest administrator of the

Baltic governorates The Baltic governorates (russian: Прибалтийские губернии), originally the Ostsee governorates (german: Ostseegouvernements, russian: Остзейские губернии), was a collective name for the administrative units ...

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

Livonia Livonia ( liv, Līvõmō, et, Liivimaa, fi, Liivinmaa, German and Scandinavian languages: ', archaic German: ''Liefland'', nl, Lijfland, Latvian and lt, Livonija, pl, Inflanty, archaic English: ''Livland'', ''Liwlandia''; russian: Ли ...

and Courland sporadically under Russian rule in the 19th century.

List of Russian governors-general of the Baltic provinces

Governors-general of Riga

Anikita Repnin Prince Anikita Ivanovich Repnin (russian: Аники́та Ива́нович Репни́н, tr. ; 1668 – 3 July 1726, in Riga) was a prominent Russian general during the Great Northern War who superintended the taking of Riga in 1710 and se ...

(1710–1726) appointed by Peter I of Russia *

Peter Lacy Peter Graf von Lacy (russian: link=no, Пётр Петро́вич Ла́сси, tr. ; en, Pierce Edmond de Lacy; ga, Peadar (Piarais Éamonn) de Lása; 26 September 1678 – 30 April 1751) was an Irish-born soldier who later served in the ...

(1729-1740)

Governors-general of Livonia

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Nicholas Repnin Prince Nikolai Vasilyevich Repnin (russian: Никола́й Васи́льевич Репни́н; – ) was an Imperial Russian statesman and general from the Repnin princely family who played a key role in the dissolution of the Polish–Lit ...

(1792–1796) as the Governor-General of Livonia and Estonia

Governors-general of Livonia, Estonia and Courland in Riga

Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen Peter Ludwig Graf von der Pahlen (russian: Пётр Алексе́евич Па́лен, translit= Pyotr Alekseyevich Palen; , Palms Manor, Palms (now ) – , Mitau (now )), a Baltic-German courtier and general, played a pivotal role in the as ...

(1800–1801) Governor-General of Courland since 1795 *

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( ru) (1801–1803) *

Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Buxhoevden (russian: Фёдор Фёдорович Буксгевден, ''Fyodor Fyodorovich Buksgevden''; other spellings: ''Feodor Buxhoeveden'', ''Buxhœwden'', ''Buxhöwden'') (September 14, 1750 Võlla, Govern ...

(1803–1807), * Alexander Tormasov (1807) *

(1808–1810) as the Governor-General of Livonia and Courland * Dmitry Ivanovich Lobanov-Rostovsky (1810–1812) *

Filippo Paulucci Filippo Paulucci delle Roncole (11 September 1779 – 25 January 1849), also known as Filipp Osipovich Pauluchchi (russian: Филипп Осипович Паулуччи), was an Italian marquis and army officer, later a general at the services ...

(1812–1830) * Carl Magnus von der Pahlen ( ru) (1830–1845) * Yevgeny Golovin (1845–1848) *

Alexander Arkadyevich Suvorov Alexander Arkadyevich Suvorov, Prince Italsky, Count Rymniksky (russian: Алекса́ндр Арка́дьевич Суво́ров; 13 June 1804, Saint Petersburg – 12 February 1882, Saint Petersburg), was a Russian general, diplomat and pol ...

(1848–1861) *

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( ru) (1861–1864) *

Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov Count Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov (russian: Граф Пётр Андре́евич Шува́лов) (27 July 1827, Saint Petersburg – 22 March 1889, Saint Petersburg) was an influential Russian statesman and a counselor to Tsar Alexander II. B ...

(1864–1866) * Johann Eduard von Baranoff ( ru) (1866) *

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( ru) (1866–1870) * Peter Bagrationi (1870–1876)

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List of Russian governors-general of the Baltic provinces

Governors-general of Riga

Governors-general of Livonia

Governors-general of Livonia, Estonia and Courland in Riga

See also

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