diff --git a/history/provinces/e_baltic.txt b/history/provinces/e_baltic.txt
index 6fadfa73..72b40126 100644
--- a/history/provinces/e_baltic.txt
+++ b/history/provinces/e_baltic.txt
@@ -197,7 +197,9 @@
 
 }
 106 = {		#DOBELE
-	holding = none
+	holding = tribal_holding
+	culture = latgalian
+	religion = hiisalka
 }
 107 = {		#MITAU
 	holding = none
@@ -247,7 +249,9 @@
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 142 = {		#RAUNA
-	holding = none
+	culture = latgalian
+	religion = hiisalka
+	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 
 ###c_kokenois
@@ -276,7 +280,9 @@
 	holding = none
 }
 138 = {		#REZEKNE
-	holding = none
+	culture = latgalian
+	religion = hiisalka
+	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 
 ###c_aluksne
diff --git a/history/provinces/e_nistrenia.txt b/history/provinces/e_nistrenia.txt
index 08f9ba72..bcb4b742 100644
--- a/history/provinces/e_nistrenia.txt
+++ b/history/provinces/e_nistrenia.txt
@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@ holding = none
 
 ###c_chornobyl
 5095 = {	#Chornobyl
-	culture = NEOW_polessian
+	culture = NEOW_kievan
 	religion = fracture
 	holding = tribal_holding
 	935.1.1 = {
@@ -1603,7 +1603,9 @@ holding = none
 	holding = none
 }
 5101 = {	#Haisyn
-	holding = none
+	holding = castle_holding
+	culture = NEOW_kievan
+	religion = orthodox
 }
 5257 = {	#Ladyzyn
 	holding = none
@@ -1773,7 +1775,7 @@ holding = none
 ###c_sumy
 5188 = {	#b_sumy
 	culture = NEOW_cossack
-	religion = kozachina
+	religion = orthodox
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5182 = {	#Akhtyr
@@ -1797,7 +1799,7 @@ holding = none
 ###c_hlukhiv
 5192 = {	#Glukhov
 	culture = NEOW_polessian
-	religion = third_covenant
+	religion = fracture
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 
@@ -1886,8 +1888,8 @@ holding = none
 
 5200 = {	#Gomel
 	holding = castle_holding
-	culture = NEOW_polessian
-	religion = fracture
+	culture = NEOW_smolesnkian
+	religion = third_covenant
 }
 
 5202 = {	#Surazichi
@@ -1907,10 +1909,9 @@ holding = none
 	}
 }
 576 = {		#Debryansk (Bryansk)
-	holding = none
-	1146.1.1 = {
-		holding = city_holding
-	}
+	culture = NEOW_smolesnkian
+	religion = third_covenant
+	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5205 = {	#Mglin
 	holding = none
@@ -2500,11 +2501,13 @@ holding = none
 ###c_babruysk
 5119 = {	#Babruysk
 	culture = NEOW_minskian
-	religion = fracture
+	religion = third_covenant
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5120 = {	#Zhlobin
-	holding = none
+	culture = NEOW_minskian
+	religion = fracture
+	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5121 = {	#Kalinkavichy
 	holding = none
@@ -2577,8 +2580,8 @@ holding = none
 }
 ###c_braslau
 166 = {		#BRASLAU
-	culture = lithuanian
-	religion = mariavite
+	culture = NEOW_polotskian
+	religion = third_covenant
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 
diff --git a/history/provinces/e_russia.txt b/history/provinces/e_russia.txt
index 0ffba766..2ca4a7f4 100644
--- a/history/provinces/e_russia.txt
+++ b/history/provinces/e_russia.txt
@@ -224,7 +224,9 @@
 	holding = none
 }
 5241 = {	#Ivanovo
-	holding = none
+	culture = NEOW_nizhegorodian
+	religion = third_covenant
+	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5242 = {	#Gavrilovskoye
 	holding = none
@@ -305,7 +307,9 @@
 	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5233 = {	#Gorodets-meshchyorsky
-	holding = none
+	culture = NEOW_nizhegorodian
+	religion = third_covenant
+	holding = castle_holding
 }
 5234 = {	#Vyksa
 	holding = none
@@ -668,7 +672,9 @@
 	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5799 = {	#Arkhangelsk
-	holding = none
+	culture = NEOW_novgorodian
+	religion = chernobozhye
+	holding = tribal_holding
 }
 5800 = {	#Brin Navolok
 	holding = none