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Livonia

Livonia is a historical region on the eastern Baltic coast, covering parts of present-day Latvia and Estonia. It was contested by Russia, Poland-Lithuania and Sweden after the Livonian War. Sweden took most of it in the early seventeenth century, making it a key province of the Swedish Empire until its loss to Russia in the Great Northern War.

Livonia
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Kingdom of Livonia

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Livonia. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/livonia
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“Livonia.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/livonia. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Livonia.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/livonia.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Livonia’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/livonia (Accessed: ).

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