Image of post-war St Petersburg, with groups of individuals standing between piles of rubble and looking at a bombarded and half-destroyed rubble. As they say in France: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose (the more things change, the more they stay the same).

#Peterburi (Peterburi [+Peterburg & variants])
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Sikupilli #Ülemiste #Sõjamäe #Väo #Mustakivi #Seli
#SaintPetersburg (1703-1914 & 1991-), capital of #RussianEmpire for over 200 years. Previously known as ...
Read more: tallinnstreets.com/en/peterburi

#Lasnamäe housing estates, it’s probably not, simply indicating proximity to the #Mustakivi #erratic boulder. Based on the above reasoning, it could also come from, e.g., #kivivälja or similar, simply designating the place you to go to dig up rock, Lasnamäe is, after all, on a limestone plateau,
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#Kivila (Kivila)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Mustakivi #Tondiraba
"Place of the stone". Although kivila could be a contraction of #kiviküla, stone village (see #Hiiela), which used to be a slightly pejorative way of saying ‘town’, reflecting the grim grey gracelessness of the #Soviet-built
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#Merekalju (Merekalju)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Õismäe
Sea boulder. Maybe this is what you call it when you’re not sure whether it’s an #erratic boulder (see #Rändrahnu) or one belonging to a #blockfield (see #Kivikülvi). For other erratic-themed locations, see #Mustakivi. Former farm name.

#Mustakivi (Mustakivi) #Asum
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Mustakivi #Kuristiku #Katleri #Tondiraba
#BlackStone. Named after a nearby farm itself said to be named after an earlier cult stone. Mustakivi is one of #Estonia’s erratic boulders, see #Rändrahnu, located at ///stop.hamster.glorious.
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#Mahtra (Mahtra)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Mustakivi
Fight, quarrel, brawl. Word derived from the peasant insurgency on the Mahtra estate, 60 km from Tallinn, in 1858, about which #Vilde E. wrote in his 1902 historical novel #MahtraSõda (‘The Mahtra war’).
#History #Ajalugu
#Literature #Kirjandus

#Merekalju (Merekalju)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Õismäe
Sea boulder. Maybe this is what you call it when you’re not sure whether it’s an erratic boulder (see #Rändrahnu) or one belonging to a #blockfield (see #Kivikülvi). For other erratic-themed locations, see #Mustakivi. Former farm name.

#Raadiku (Raadik)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Seli #Mustakivi
Stony, unproductive ground; high-clay-content soil that hardens in summer. Renamed (1980-1994) as #Partisani during the #SovietOccupation.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Geography #Geograafia

#Osmussaare (Osmussaar)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Tondiraba #Mustakivi
Island (lit. ‘malm island’, its #Swedish name of #Odensholm, or #Odin’s grave, is more romantic) 7.5 km off the NW coast of #Estonia, 4 km long, uninhabited since the #SovietDeportation of 12 farming families, now a nature reserve.

#Kärberi K. (Kristjan Kärber, 1908-1977)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Seli #Mustakivi
Builder, author of the illustrated 40-page classic #TellisteKiirladumineEhitustel (speedy brick-stacking for the building-trade) and worker-hero, nominated #HonoraryCitizen
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
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マリメッコ、アラビアのデザイナーとして活躍した、石本藤雄さんを訪ねて、松山へ。

工房でお話を伺って、
お隣のショップ「Mustakivi（ムスタキビ）」　で、
手ぬぐいや食器を買っちゃいました。

道後温泉のすぐ近くなので、ぜひ寄ってみて！

#Mustakivi

#Merekalju (Merekalju)
Sea boulder. Maybe this is what you call it when you’re not sure whether it’s an erratic boulder (see #Rändrahnu) or one belonging to a blockfield (see #Kivikülvi). For other erratic-themed locations, see #Mustakivi. Former farm name.
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Õismäe
#Rocks #Kivid

#Tasuja (Tasuja): The Avenger, published 1880.
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Kuristiku #Mustakivi #Priisle #Seli

1. Odd, Tallinn has no street name celebrating 24/02, Estonian Independence Day, proclaimed in 1918.
2. Question, is there - or should there be - #Ukrainian #translation of this book?

3. ...

自分への誕生日🎁に素敵な小皿を買った
＃Mustakivi