Viljandi kreis

Viljandi County (Estonian: Viljandi kreis; German: Kreis Fellin oder Der Fellinsche Kreis, Russian: Феллинскій уѣздъ, romanized: Fellinskiy uyezd) was a historic county in the Governorate of Livonia, and in the Republic of Estonia dissolved during the administrative territorial reform of the Estonian SSR in 1949. It was situated in the northern part of the governorate (in present-day southern Estonia). Its capital was Viljandi (Fellin). The territory of the old Viljandi County corresponds to the most part of the present-day Viljandi County and parts of Järva, Jõgeva and Valga counties.

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