from #Kingissepa V. to #Liivalaia and/or back again it apparently become misprinted as V. Liivalaia) along with, interestingly, two other streets which shared the name but not the longevity (1974-90): #Jõe and #Pronksi, with Liivalaia itself replacing (1974-90) the #German-sounding #Juhkentali.
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of the #NKVD #BalticDistrictForces with the execution of #AleksanderLäve, #PaulMalsvel(l), #JuliusPalm, and #JohanNõmmikLinkhorst responsible, directly or indirectly, for his arrest. #SovietOccupation renaming (1974-1990) of #Jõe, #Liivalaia and #Pronksi. The town of #Kuressaare on #Saaremaa was
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#Kingissepa V. to #Liivalaia and/or back again it apparently become misprinted as V. Liivalaia) along with, interestingly, two other streets which shared the name but not the longevity (1974-1990): #Jõe and Pronksi, with Liivalaia itself replacing (1974-1990) the #German-sounding #Juhkentali.
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View along Härjapea, Tallinn, in the direction of Sõle from Õle tänav.
View along Härjapea, Tallinn, in the direction of Heina from Õle tänav.
Refreshed or modernized house in Härjapea, Tallinn.
Highly modernized house in Härjapea, Tallinn.
covered over in 1914 and converted into #sewage canal in 1937 (see #Jõe). The expression 'nomen est omen' is commonly-used in #onomastics, implying a name to be indicative of future events, often with exaggerated doses of #wishful-thinking. But it’s usually the other way round: #apophenia is
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#Pronksi (Pronks)
Bronze. Renamed (1974-1990), along with #Jõe and #Liivalaia, as #Kingissepa V. during the #SovietOccupation. One of a metals street group. See #Raua.
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Raua #Kompassi #Torupilli
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Jõe (Jõgi)
River, the river in question being the #Härjapea which went through the standard slippery slope of many an urban river, with names to-ing and fro-ing between river and canal according to...
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
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In addition, No.11 is on the corner of #Jõe, 330 m from #Hobujaama (although, interestingly, still a communications hub, with a helipad on the roof of #Sampopank, blanked out on #GoogleEarth [±2014] but visible on the #Maaamet website).
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