Autonomous Governorate of Estonia.

About Autonomous Governorate of Estonia

The autonomous Governorate of Estonia was an autonomous governorate of the Russian state, that existed from April 1917 to February 1918, centered in Tallinn. It was established as a result of political and administrative reforms implemented by the Russian Provisional Government, after the Russian Revolution in March 1917. Responding to demands of Estonian political leaders, the Government in Petrograd agreed to integrate several northern, ethnically Estonian districts of the Governorate of Livonia into the Governorate of Estonia, thus creating the enlarged and autonomous Estonian governorate on 12 April (1917). Estonian politician Jaan Poska was appointed Commissar (governor) of Estonia. In July 1917, the Assembly of Autonomous Estonia was elected, initially chaired by Artur Vallner, and later by Otto Strandman.