What is Courland Governorate?
[[File:Courland_Governorate_COA.png|thumb|right|[[Coat of Arms]] of Governorate]] [[File:Meyerbaltikum.jpg|thumb|right|Map of Governorate with [[Governorate of Livonia]] and [[Governorate of Estonia]]]] '''Courland Governorate''' was one of [[province]]s or [[governorate]]s of the [[Russian Empire]]. It was formed in 1795 during the [[Third Partition]] out of territory of [[Duchy of Courland and Semigallia]]. North of the governorate were the [[Gulf of Riga]], the [[Baltic Sea]] and the [[Governorate of Livonia]]. West of it was the Baltic Sea. South of it were the [[Vilna Governorate]] and [[Prussia]]. East of it were the [[Vitbesk Governorate]] and the [[Minsk Governorate]]. The governorate ended in 1915 when the [[German Empire]] conquered it. Russia surrendered the governorate during the [[Treaty of Brest-Litovsk]] on March 3, 1918. [[Category:1795 establishments]] [[Category:1915 disestablishments]] [[Category:18th-century establishments in Russia]] [[Category:Disestablishments in Russia]] {{geo-stub}}