#Versta (Verst)
#Tallinn #Nõmme
#Russian #distance, about 1 km (1.067 to be exact). New street name (2008) which looks like an unfinished footpath. Named for the station known as #SeitsmesVerst (7th verst), its distance from #BaltiJaam on the line to #Paldiski, and renamed as #Nõmme in 1874.

#Merikanni). #Estonians like diminutives. First (alphabetically) ingredient of a floral arrangement within the #Tehnika, #Paldiski, #Endla triangle of #Kristiine’s #Lilleküla (flower village) District. See #Kibuvitsa.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Plant #Taim
#Flower #Lille
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#Paldiski seems to be trying to appeal to tourists. 😅

Come and visit our refinery. :D

Elron train in Paldiski

Oil tanker cars of russian type

Commie Block

#Paldiski

Post-Soviet oil refinery town...

Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Uus.

Hattorpe-tagune torn viewed from Uus, Tallinn.

Grand old two-and-a-half-storey building in Uus, Tallinn.

Seriously decayed or abandoned old two-storey wooden building in Uus, Tallinn.

#Uus (Adj.)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn
New. The street (see below for #UusTurg), along with #Aia and #Vene is in the pale blue section of the #Estonian #Monopoly board, below the purple #Paldiski mnt, #Mustamäe tee and #Sõpruse pst. Since the #SovietUnion prohibited the game until 1987,
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in 1762, which Estonians pronounced as #Paldiski (see #Pallasti and #Hospidali), its official name since 1933. The original #Swedish name, Estonianized to #Rogerwiek, is probably derived from the nearby Suur- and #VäikePakri islands’ earlier names of
#EstonianSpelling #EestiÕigekiri
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#Paldiski (?)
Town, port, and former #Soviet nuclear submarine training center close to #Tallinn...
#Kesklinn #PõhjaTallinn #Kristiine #Haabersti #Kassisaba #Kelmiküla #Pelgulinn #Lilleküla #Lille #Marja #Merimetsa #Mustjõe #Haabersti #Veskimetsa #Pikaliiva #VäikeÕismäe #Astangu #Mäeküla
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but also, in part, Балтийскопортский подъем (#Baltiyskoportsky Rise), this being during the building of what is now #Paldiski maantee. Collectivized (1948-1989) along with #Komandandi under the name of #Nõukogude during the days of wine and roses.
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#HermannVonSalza [c. 1165-1239], fourth #GrandMaster of the #TeutonicKnights) that he could build a road from #Toompea to #Paldiski within a month (which he paid for largely out of his own pocket). #Falck won. Having lost the bet, Salza built this one at his own expense in 1860-61, earning its
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Cliffed Coast of the Pakri Peninsula

📷 Fujifilm GFX100II / Fujinon 23mm
🎛️ SS 0.4sec / F16 / ISO 100

#landscapephotography #landscapes #naturephotography #naturelovers #naturelove #skyscene #skyscapes #skylovers #bw #fujifilm #visitestonia #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #paldiski

Cliffed Coast of the Pakri Peninsula

#landscapephotography #landscapes #naturephotography #naturelovers #naturelove #skyscene #skyscapes #skylovers #bw #fujifilm #visitestonia #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #paldiski #lighthouse