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The Governorate of Est(h)onia (Estonian: Eestimaa kubermang) or Province of Estonia, also known as the Government of Estonia, was a governorate of the Russian Empire in what is now northern Estonia. The Governorate was also known as Duchy of Estonia that Russia gained from Sweden during the Great Northern War in 1721. The Russian Tsars held the title Duke of Estonia (Russian: Князь Эстляндский, Knyaz' Estlyandskii), during the Russian era in English sometimes also referred to as Prince of Estonia.

• 1714-1809 Russian conquers most of Finland from Sweden

• 1714-1722 The Mansi were baptized on a mass scale. The conversion was a formality only, the old cults of animism and shamanism were preserved.

• 1700-1721 The Great Northern War

• 1700-1900 The Slavic Russians outnumber all of the native peoples in Siberia

• 1600-1800 The Yukaghir population was considerably reduced in the 17th-19th centuries owing to epidemics, internecine warfare and the colonization policy of the tsarist government

• 1628-1746 To the dismay of the Russian conquerors in Nenets people lands, there were constant uprisings, in which the Nenets also participated. Caravans of tax collectors were raided and Russian strongholds attacked. In a period of one hundred years the Pustozersk stronghold in northeastern Europe suffered six major attacks

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