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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pronouncing it as it should be but soon domesticates it by bringing it forward. For example, the buttermilk #kefír became #keefir and #divan became #diivan. Street dismembered and interred beneath #Liivalaia. Known as #KleineSandstraße / #VäikeLiiva in 1850, then #Andersoni after
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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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#Liivalaia (Liivalai)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Tatari #Veerenni #Sibulaküla #Keldrimäe #Maakri
#Sandy expanse, avenue, channel... Named after local sand flats. Nice muddle this one: Renamed (1944-1992?) as #Kingissepa V. during the #SovietOccupation (at one stage of its evolutionary mutation from
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#Saali A. (Andres Saal, 1861-1931)
Estonian writer of patriotic (studied photography in #Germany, worked in #Jakarta, retired and died in #SanFrancisco...) historical fiction, street existed until late 1950s, south of #Tartu mnt, halfway between and parallel to present-day #Liivalaia
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Juhkentali.
View along Juhkentali, Tallinn, in the Odra direction, near Keldrimäe.
View along Juhkentali, Tallinn, in the Odra direction.
Old or former house, store or lock-up in Juhkentali.
#Juhkentali (Juhkental) #Asum
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Veerenni #Keldrimäe #Juhkentali
Corruption of #Joachimsthal (Joachim’s valley, #Estonian #Joaorg), a secondary manor house on the #Joala estate. Renamed (1974-1990) as #Liivalaia during the #SovietOccupation. No relation to the Czech
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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Vana-Veerenni, with CCTV above.
View along Vana-Veerenni, Tallinn, on the NNE stretch towards Tatari.
View along Vana-Veerenni, Tallinn, on the NNE stretch towards Liivalaia.
View along Vana-Veerenni, Tallinn, on the NW stretch from Tatari.
#Vana-Veerenni (Vana-Veerenn)
#Kesklinn #Veerenni
Old Channel. Between this and #Liivalaia, close to the present-day #SõprusCinema, was one of #Tallinn’s earlier outdoor entertainment parks, the #KivivõllastePaik (lit. place of the stone-built gallows), aka #Hukkamispaik (execution square), aka
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View of Mardi, Tallinn, with modernish grey aparment blocks and an old building under scaffolding wraps ready for refurbishing.
Old-school wooden bulding with signs of a fire on the outside in Mardi, Tallinn
Old market premises at the entance to the central market in Mardi, Tallinn
Basement cum first-floor window converted into a mirror with car and photographer in its reflection.
it was named after a former landowner who had property on the corner of this street and #Liivalaia (they no longer connect) may well be true. Apparently renamed (1936-1991) as #Lennuki during the #SovietOccupation.
#PersonalName #Isikunimi
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Extract of the 19th-century Pharus Plan Reval street map of Tallinn.
the ‘#PharusPlanReval’ street map of #Tallinn (see Refs) gives it – under its 1873 name of #Zechgasse (Zeehi) – as carrying on south, crossing #Ahju as a T-junction and on to #Liivalaia, a section which, interestingly, no longer exists.
#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
The #SovietOccupation saw a major change, switching (1974-1990), along with #Pronksi and #Liivalaia (1944-1972), to #Kingissepa V.. Present name dates to 1990. To drink in #Estonian is #jooma to which the word is clearly related,
#FakeHeroes #VõltsitudKangelased
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