Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

5 months ago

#Nahhimovi P. (Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov, 1802-1855)
#Historical #Ajalooline
Famed 19th C #Russian admiral, commander at the #SiegeOfSebastopol during the #CrimeanWar. #SovietOccupation renaming (1953-1990) of #Erika.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Military #Sõjaline

Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

1 year ago

especially given the mention of #Feuchte und #Heidigste #Fiehtriften (damp and heathery cattle pasture or commons) 200 years earlier on a 1698 map of ‘#StadtRäfwal’ (city of #Reval, i.e. #Tallinn). Renamed as #Nahhimovi P. during the #Soviet Era (1953-1990).
#Onomastics #Onomastika
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