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Livonia

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Livonia , region and former Russian province, comprising present Estonia and parts of Latvia (Vidzeme and Latgale ). It borders on the Baltic Sea and its arms, the Gulf of Riga and the Gulf of Finland, in the west and the north and extends E to Lake Peipus (Chudskoye) and the Narva. Livonia, also known as Livland, was named after the Livs, a Finno-Ugric tribe that inhabited the coast when, in the 13th cent., the Livonian Brothers of the Sword conquered the entire region. The knights formed a strong state and threatened Lithuania and Novgorod in the 13th and 14th cent. The chief... Read more
Livonia
Livonia (Vidzeme), Estonia‐Latvia, USA 1. Estonia‐...Teutonic Order from the beginning of the 13th century. Livonia was erased from the map in 1561 when it was partitioned...their own separate states which included parts of historic Livonia.2. USA (Michigan): named after the city in New ... Read more
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