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Alexander I of Russia confirms the privileges of Baltic provinces.

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Alexander I of Russia

Emperor of Russia from 1801 to 1825

Alexander I, nicknamed "the Blessed", was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first king of Congress Poland from 1815, and the grand duke of Finland from 1809 to his death in 1825. He ruled Russia during the chaotic period of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Baltic Governorates

Administrative units of the Russian Empire in the Baltic region (1721-1918)

The Baltic Governorates, originally the Ostsee Governorates, was a collective name for the administrative units of the Russian Empire set up in the territories of Swedish Estonia, Swedish Livonia (1721) and, afterwards, of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1795).
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