Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

3 months ago

#Piiskopi (Piiskop)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #Toompea
#Bishop. First known as Douglase (Duglase (1920) after the infamous Swedish mercenary Count Gustaf Otto Douglas (1687-1771), Governor of Estonia (1738-1740) and responsible for extensive burning and brutality in Finland during the
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

8 months ago

#Kallaku (Kallak)
Incline, slope, rake (of a theatre, i.e. the floor, not the lady-killer). Defunct name of two former streets: #Kruusa under the first#SovietOccupation of 1940-41; and #Piiskopi during the next occupation of 1948-89.
#NõukogudeOkupatsioon
#AbolishedStreetnames #KaotatudTänavanimed