Editing Livonia (section)

=== Governorate of Livonia (1796–1918) ===
[[File:Governorate of Livonia 1820.jpg|thumb|[[Governorate of Livonia]], 1820]]
{{main|Governorate of Livonia}}
{{See also|Governor-General of Baltic provinces}}
In 1796, the Riga Governorate was renamed as the Governorate of Livonia ({{langx|ru|link=no|Лифляндская губе́рния}} / {{lang|ru-latn|Liflyandskaya guberniya}}, {{langx|lv|Vidzemes guberņa}}, {{langx|et|Liivimaa kubermang}}). From 1845 to 1876, the Baltic governorates of [[Governorate of Estonia|Estonia]], Livonia, and [[Courland Governorate|Courland]] — an area roughly corresponding to the historical [[medieval Livonia]] — were administratively subordinated to a common [[Governor-General]]. Amongst the holders of this post were Count [[Alexander Arkadyevich Suvorov]]<ref>[http://www.encspb.ru/en/article.php?kod=2804024941 Suvorov A.A. governor-general in 1861–66 :: ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SAINT PETERSBURG]</ref> and Count [[Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov]].

Livonia remained within the Russian Empire until the end of [[World War I]], when it was split between the newly independent states of Latvia and Estonia. The [[United Baltic Duchy]], alternately known as the "Grand Duchy of Livonia", proclaimed by the Baltic German nobility on 12 April 1918, was never recognised by any state, and dissolved at the German surrender in November 1918. Livonia had ceased to exist. From 1918 to 1920, both Soviet troops and German [[Freikorps]] fought against Latvian and Estonian troops for control over former Livonia, but their attempts were defeated.{{cn|date=November 2024}}