Autonomous Governorate of Estonia
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| Governorate of Estonia Estonian: Autonoomne Eestimaa kubermang | |||||||||||
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| Autonomous entity of the Russian Republic | |||||||||||
| 1917–1918 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Reval (Tallinn) | ||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||
| • Type | Autonomous governorate | ||||||||||
| Commissar | |||||||||||
• 1917 | Jaan Poska | ||||||||||
| Legislature | Estonian Provincial Assembly | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Local autonomy | 12 April 1917 | ||||||||||
• Sovereignty declared | 28 November 1917 | ||||||||||
• Narva (including Ivangorod) added to the governorate | 3 January 1918 | ||||||||||
| 24 February 1918 | |||||||||||
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| Today part of | Estonia | ||||||||||
The Autonomous Governorate of EstoniaRussian Revolution of 1917 and ceased to exist prior to Estonia becoming a fully independent country in 1918.
History
For most of the time during the rule of Russian Empire 1710–1917, the area of what is now Estonia was divided between two
Danish Estonia, and the northern portion of the Governorate of Livonia, which had a majority of ethnic Estonians. These two areas were amalgamated on 12 April [O.S. 30 March] 1917 by administrative reforms of the Russian Provisional Government
.
Free multi-party elections for the
Petrograd (Saint Petersburg), local Bolsheviks led by Jaan Anvelt and supported by pro-Soviet Russian soldiers and sailors declared themselves the new government in Tallinn (Reval), and attempted to usurp political power in the governorate from governor Jaan Poska on 9 November. On 28 November [O.S.
15 November] 1917 the Maapäev, refusing to recognize the attempted Bolshevik coup d'état, proclaimed itself to be the only legally elected and constituted authority in Estonia. However, it was soon driven underground by the Bolsheviks.
During the reign of the Soviet Estonian Executive Committee, Ants Dauman, the newly elected mayor of
Petrograd Governorate and adding them to the new autonomous governorate, receiving permission for the referendum on 29 November [O.S. 16 November] 1917 from the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. As 80% of the town's population supported joining Estonia in the 23 December [O.S. 10 December] 1917 plebiscite, the Soviet Estonian Executive Committee recognized the new additions to the governorate on 3 January [O.S.
21 December] 1918. Even though the plebiscite was to determine the administrative boundaries within Soviet Russia and it was organised by the Bolshevik regime, the subsequent governments of independent Estonia implicitly acknowledged the referendum's result, as the entire town of Narva (including the suburb of Ivangorod) became part of the territory of the newly independent Republic of Estonia from 1918 onward.
In February 1918, after the collapse of the peace talks between Soviet Russia and the
Republic of Estonia
.
See also
Notes
References
External links
- On 28 November 1917, the Land council proclaimed itself the highest power in Estonia... Archived 10 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- On This Day – 28 November 1917
- Though the popularly elected Provisional National Council, had proclaimed itself the highest authority in Estonia as early as 28 November 1917...