March 1944 bombing, icons looted in the 1970s, and partially burnt down on the night of 2009-07-15 – remains the oldest surviving wooden church in #Tallinn. Its cemetery was probably destroyed in the early 1770s along with others in Tallinn following the #MoscowPlagueRiots of 1771. See #Mõigu.
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#Vana-Tartu (Vana-Tartu)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Mõigu
Presumably (read: I don't know) the old highway leading to #Tartu, as reflected in its older #Russian name of #ВанаТартуШоссе where #шоссе, stolen directly from #French #chaussée, was a clear attempt at up-marketing a very ordinary road.
at times, living in a log cabin in #StPetersburg while the city was being built), and probably #KatariinaKai (see #Pikakari). 3) #CatherineTheGreat (1729-96), empress of #Russia from 1762, who does not seem to be much represented in #Tallinn (but see #LeCoq A. and #Mõigu). 4) See #Kadri. There
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#Lüli (Lüli)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Mõigu
Link (IT, electrical, etc., but also vertebra, segment, etc.). Fifth in the concatenation of #electrical streets. Anyone crazy enough to still be reading this will be fascinated to know that #lülipuidumädanik means druxiness, i.e. decay of the heartwood or
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Tallinn city streetsign with the streetname Puhke on it.
View along Puhke, Tallinn, towards Kodu.
House in Puhke, Tallinn.
Combination old and new house or workshop in Puhke, Tallinn.
#Puhke (Puhe)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Veerenni
1) Rest, repose; 2) Outbreak, budding, blooming. Given the fertile soil around the #SiselinnaKalmistu, inner-city cemetery, could be either (see #Mõigu).
#Tartu (Tartu)
University town in southern central #Estonia, settled since 5th C CE, known previously as #Dorpat, Tharbata, Yuryev. Ruled by the Poles in the 16th century,
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Lasnamäe #Kompassi #Maakri #Torupilli #Keldrimäe #Juhkentali #Sikupilli #Ülemistejärve #Ülemiste #Mõigu
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#Vati (Vatt)
Being next to #Lambi, which could be mistaken for ‘Lamb street’ (it’s not), it might suggest wadding, padding, cotton wool (from #French #ouate) or, by extension, a short jacket or clothes. But no,
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Mõigu
#Energy #Energia
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#Oomi (Oom)
Ohm. Home to the penultimate piece of the powerline pie. See #Vati. Despite saving a character, the texting of ΩG has not caught on. (I’ll see myself out...)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Mõigu
#Science #Teadus
#Technology #Tehnoloogia
#Kaabli (Kaabel)
Cable. Second in the electrical circuit. See #Korgi.
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Mõigu
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid
#Mõigu (Mõik)
The word means ‘utricle’ (either the plant, a ‘small bladder’ or chamber of the inner ear...), but actually after a nearby manor. Its former cemetery,
#Tallinn #Kesklinn
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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#Lambi (Lamp)
Lamp, light. Fourth of a ring mains. See #Lüli.
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Mõigu
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid
#Engineering #Tehnika
#Juhtme (Juhe)
Lead, wire, conductor. Part of a seven-street electrical-engineer’s fantasia. See also #Kaabli.
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Mõigu
#Industry #Tööstus
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid
