#courland

[diemelusine]

Königsberg Cathedral

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:A.Savin

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

Russian tank T-34-85, destroyed during the fighting in the Courland, Latvia, January 1945...

[livesunique]

The Duke’s Dressing Room, Rundāle Palace,

Pilsrundāle, Rundāle Parish, LV-3921, Latvia

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r/imaginarymaps - If the duchy of Courland fulfilled all of it's colonial ambitions.

1,735 votes and 68 comments so far on Reddit

[rvexillology]

Flag of Courland -> another instant classic

from /r/vexillology Top comment: The **Courland Governorate**, also known as the **Province of Courland**,[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courland_Governorate#cite_note-TEC-1) **Governorate of Kurland**[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courland_Governorate#cite_note-2) ([German](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language): *Kurländisches Gouvernement*; [Russian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language): Курля́ндская губерния, [romanized](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Russian): *Kurljándskaja gubernija*; [Latvian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian_language): *Kurzemes guberņa*) was one of the [Baltic governorates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_governorates) of the [Russian Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire), that is now part of the [Republic of Latvia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Latvia). 📷German and Russian map of the Courland Governorate The governorate was created in 1795 out of the territory of the [Duchy of Courland and Semigallia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Courland_and_Semigallia) that was incorporated into the Russian Empire as the province of Courland with its capital at [Mitau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelgava) (now Jelgava), following the [third partition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitions_of_Poland) of the [Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealth). Until the late 19th century the governorate was not ruled by Russia but was administered independently by the local [Baltic German nobility](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_nobility) through a feudal Regional Council (German: *Landtag*).[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courland_Governorate#cite_note-3) The governorate was bounded in the north by the [Baltic Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Sea), the [Gulf of Riga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Riga) and the [Governorate of Livonia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governorate_of_Livonia); west by the Baltic Sea; south by the [Vilna Governorate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilna_Governorate) and [Prussia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussia) and east by the [Vitebsk Governorate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitebsk_Governorate) and [Minsk Governorate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsk_Governorate). The population in 1846 was estimated at 553,300.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courland_Governorate#cite_note-TEC-1) It ceased to exist during [World War I](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I) after the [German Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Empire) took control of the region in 1918. Russia surrendered the territory by the [Treaty of Brest-Litovsk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Brest-Litovsk) on 3 March 1918.

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[ejbarnes]

Yah, it’s taken way too long to finish the color studies for this scene -- I hope I’ll be faster with the next one. These are the completed color studies for pp4--9 of Spirits & Seekers: Cagliostro in Courland, with the end of that scene finished on P10 and the initial tone washes (sans cast shadows) for the first panel of the next scene, where the séance finally begins. Any nitpicky advice is welcome at this point, since I’d rather get these things fixed before I do the final art on these pages.

[livesunique]

Rundāle Palace, Pilsrundāle, Rundāle Parish, Latvia