"statthalterschaft" - 1 õppematerjal

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In connection with this, Russia's first census was organized in the same year. In 1783, the Russian guberniya system spread to the Estonian territories. It was called the `regency' and signified a policy compromise by enlightened absolutism towards the Baltic German nobility. Catherine II partly curbed the nobility's class privileges: the peerage roll lost its former significance, and the Councils of Diet were abolished. The Statthalterschaft extended townspeople's rights also to non-Germans, allowing urban Estonians to get a foot on the social ladder and limited participation in politics. 7|Page 1850­1918 The national awakening The development of Estonia in the second half of the 19th century is characterized by general modernization; the reorganizing of a static agrarian society into a modern European society,