Black-and-white, limestone-based and timber-framed old house in Toom-Kuninga, Tallinn.

View down the winding hill of Toom-Kuninga, Tallinn, with its timber-framed houses and greenery.

Modern rectangular building with wood-framed window shades and structure and over-hanging glass-panelled roofing along with its artistically-patterned paving-bricks in front of it in Toom-Kuninga, Tallinn.

Trio (if not quattuor, hard to tell) of very modern 4- to 8-storey apartment blocks featuring large glass windows with (if my memory serves me correctly) an old graffiti-painted gas-distribution post in Toom-Kuninga, Tallinn.

#Toom-Kuninga (Toom-Kuningas)
#Cathedral king. Renamed (1950-1990) as #Pioneeride during the #SovietOccupation.
That's all, no need to rush off to check the website 😉

#Pioneeride (Pioneerid [pl.])
#Historical #Ajalooline
#YoungPioneers, #Communist organization for elementary school children usually on their way to joining #Komsomol. (Sing.: #Pioneer). #SovietOccupation renaming (1950-1990) of #ToomKuninga.

#Communism #Kommunism
#NõukogudeOkupatsioon

#Komsomoli (Komsomol)
#Historical #Ajalooline
Youth wing of the #SovietUnionCommunistParty: the #CommunistUnionOfYouth. Well over ½ of today’s adult Rus. pop'n may have been a member (which might explain a thing or two…). See also #Pioneeride. #SovietOccupation renaming (1950-91) of #SuurAmeerika.

Tallinn city streetsign with the streetname Lõkke on it.

View of Lõkke, Tallinn, towards Toom-Kuninga.

View of Lõkke, Tallinn, towards Endla.

Façade of the Riigi Tugiteenuste Keskus (national support services center), Lõkke, Tallinn.

#Lõkke (Lõke)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Tõnismäe #UusMaailm
Blaze, fire, bonfire, campfire. After the sort of things #Soviet #YoungPioneers (pre-#Komsomol scout-like associations) would build (see street next door, #Pioneeride).
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giving Ger. winden ‘to wring or wind’, etc., and Eng. ‘wend’), or did the verb bend to blend with vēen, vēyen? Anyone’s guess. Formerly #Raadio (see #Tähetorni) (until 1927), then Pioneeri (see #Pioneeride) (1927-59), and #Lao (see #Moonalao) (1959-60).
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#Lõvi (Lõvi)
Lion, symbol of local #Pioneeride battalion.
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Hiiu
#SovietTimes #Nõukogudeaeg

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Remembering what and why are better.