Tallinn streetsign displaying the name C.R. Jakobsoni.

View along Jakobsoni, Tallinn, from the Tartu maantee direction.

View along Jakobsoni, Tallinn, direction uncertain.

Large house or apartment building in Jakobsoni, Tallinn.

#Jakobsoni C.R. (Carl Robert Jakobson, 1841-1882)
#Kesklinn #Torupilli
Writer, teacher and member of a group of successful #Estonians known as the “#PetersburgPatriots” who used their influence to better their countrymen’s lot. One of the important persons in Estonian #NationalAwakening.
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Late-afternoon photo of Köleri, Tallinn in the direction of Narva maantee.

Between two houses in Köleri, Tallinn.

Wooden doorway with carved moldings house in Köleri, Tallinn.

Memorial stone at the end of Köleri, Tallinn, with the inscription "The 1st Tallinn Estonian Song Festival (3rd General Song Festival) was held here in 1880" (In Estonian: Siin peeti 1880 aastal I Tallinna eesti laulupidu / III üldlaulupidu).

#Tallinn #KaarliKirik, attached to the wall, they say, by some 5000 nails. Along with #Jakobsoni C.R. and others, member of ‘the Petersburg patriots’. Street known as #Datschi (datcha) in the 1910-20s (see #Õie).
#NotableEstonians #MärkimisväärsedEestlased
#Art #Kunst
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Front of an Estonian 1-crown banknote, featuring Kristjan Raud.

Back of an Estonian 1-crown banknote, featuring Toompea Castle, Tallinn.

Front of an Estonian 10-crown banknote, featuring Jakob Hurt.

Back of an Estonian 1-crown banknote, featuring the Tamme-Lauri oak, the oldest tree in Estonia, about 700 years old

Banknotes were available in denominations of 500, 100, 50, 25, 10, 5, 2 & 1 krooni,
as well as coins of 5 & 1 krooni, then 50, 20, 10 & 5 senti, or cents. For images on banknotes, see #Hiidtamme, #Jakobsoni C.R., #Kerese P., #Koidula L., #Oti,
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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Tallinn city streetsign with the streetname Sakala on it.

#Sakala (Sakala)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Tatari #Südalinn
Former province in southern #Estonia, dating back to 12th century. Title of Estonian language newspaper daily first published in #Viljandi in 1878 by #Jakobsoni C.R. Street name replaced present-day
#NationalAwakening #RahvuslikÄrkamisaeg
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essentially taxes, (12-18th C), later taking on the meaning of ‘suburb’, while its #Estonian translation of #agul often tended to mean ‘slum’, especially late 18th, early 19th C. The #СтараяСлобода (old sloboda) was about 400-500 ENE close to #Poska J.. See #Jakobsoni C.R. and #Tatari.
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