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The local autonomy in '''Estonia''' ({{lang-ru|Эстляндия}}) was established as a result of the [[Russian Revolution of 1917]]. For the duration of control by [[Imperial Russia]], [[Estonia]] was divided between two [[governorates]] ('' guberniya''s). The [[Reval Governorate|Governorate of Estonia]] in the north corresponded roughly to the area of [[Danish Estonia]] and the northern portion of [[Riga Governorate|Governorate of Livonia]] that had a majority of ethnic Estonians. These two areas were amalgamated on [[April 12]] ([[March 30]] [[Old Style and New Style dates|Old Style]]) by administrative
Elections for a provisional parliament, ''[[Maapäev]]'' was organized, with the [[Menshevik]] and [[Bolshevik]] fractions of the [[Russian Social Democratic Labour Party]] taking a share of the vote. On [[November 5]], [[1917]], two days before the [[October Revolution]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], Estonian Bolshevik leader [[Jaan Anvelt]] led his [[leftist]] gang in an anti-democratic coup in [[Tallinn]], attempting to usurp political power in governorate from governor [[Jaan Poska]] on [[November 9]]. On [[November 28]] (November 15) 1917 the ''Maapäev'', refusing to recognize the attempted Bolshevik coup d'etat, proclaimed itself to be the only legally elected and constituted authority in Estonia. However it was soon driven underground by the the Bolsheviks. In 1918, elections for a [[Constitutional Assembly]] were arranged, anti-Bolshevik parties again winning the majority.
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