Karula (formerly: Uue-Võidu) is a village in
Viljandi Parish
Viljandi Parish () is a rural Municipalities of Estonia, municipality of Viljandi County, Estonia. It is located around the town of Viljandi, but does not include it.
Viljandi Parish was established by merging four municipalities: Paistu Parish, ...
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Viljandi County
Viljandi County ( or ''Viljandimaa''; ) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in southern Estonia bordering Pärnu, Järva, Jõgeva, Tartu and Valga counties as well as Latvia.
History
Viljandimaa, under the German name of ''Krei ...
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Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
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[ (retrieved 28 July 2021)] It has a population of about 197 (as of 1 January 2010).
Politicians
Jüri Jaakson
Jüri Jaakson ( – 20 April 1942) was an Estonian lawyer and statesman.
Early years
Jaakson was born in Karula. After graduating from the Hugo Treffner Gymnasium in Tartu, he studied law at the University of Tartu from 1892 to 1896. He gra ...
(1870–1942) and
Jüri Parik (1889–1929) were born in Karula.
References
Villages in Viljandi County
Kreis Fellin
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