Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

3 months ago

#GreatNorthernWar. Renamed (1948-1989) as #Kallaku during the #SovietOccupation. Same name also used for the #PiiskopiAed (Bishop's garden) and #PiiskopiAiaVaateplats and (Bishop's garden viewing-platform).

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

8 months ago

#Kallaku (Kallak)
Incline, slope, rake (of a theatre, i.e. the floor, not the lady-killer). Defunct name of two former streets: #Kruusa under the first#SovietOccupation of 1940-41; and #Piiskopi during the next occupation of 1948-89.
#NõukogudeOkupatsioon
#AbolishedStreetnames #KaotatudTänavanimed