Very modern apartment building in Tina, Tallinn with above-ground, under-building parking.

Bell epoque(ish) house and probably apartment building in Tina, Tallinn with outward-curving first- and second-floor windows and brick-tiles roof.

One of the few remaining old wooden apartment building in Tina, Tallinn with popinty, spire-like roof above the corner and a serious need for a dash of paint. Lovely residents.

LGBTQIA+friendly hostel called Moderna in Tina, Tallinn, with full flag flying and metal railings leading to the front door.

#Tina (Tina)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Raua
Tricky word, ranging from (or commonly used to mean) ‘#tin’ through ‘#pewter’ to ‘#lead’. #KNAB lists the street as #Свинцовая (lead) for 1900, followed by #Bleistraße (lead) in 1907, then ...
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#Raua K. (Kristjan Raud, 1865-1943)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme
#Painter and #illustrator of #folklore characters and bizarre...
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Narva A Rambling Dictionary of Tallinn Street Names

#Narva (Narva)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Lasnamäe #Pirita #Südalinn #Sadama #Kompassi #Raua #Kadriorg #Kurepõllu #Paevälja #Loopealse #Katleri #Kuristiku #Priisle #Iru
Town on #Russian border. Earliest records of present name...
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Raua sab par Chhathi Maiya ke kripa banal rahe: UP CM Yogi wishes mothers, sisters observing Chhath Puja New Delhi, Oct 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday shared a video message on the occasion of Chhath Puja, extending greetings to all devotees. He said, "Raua Sab Par Chhathi Maiya Ke Kripa Banal Rahe (May Chhathi Maiya’s blessings be upon you all)." Taking to his official social media handle ‘X’, CM Yogi said, “I extend my heartfelt greetings to everyone on Chhath Puja.

Raua sab par Chhathi Maiya ke kripa banal rahe: UP CM Yogi wishes mothers, sisters observing Chhath Puja #Raua #ChhathiMaiya #CMYogi #ChhathPuja #socialnewsxyz

Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Raua.

Front façade of the Tallinna XXI school in Raua, Tallinn.

What looks like a Fritz Lang Metropolis-inspired apartment block in an inner courtyard off Raua, Tallinn.

Pre-war, functionalist style building by architect Anton Soans, built 1932-36ish, in Raua Tallinn.

#Raua (Raud)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Raua #Kompassi
Iron, both literally and metonymically, i.e. horse bit, horseshoe, chains, gun… Renamed (1952-1989) as #Gogoli N. during the #Soviet occupation. One of a metals street group. See #Terase.
#RepostWithPhotos #UuestiPostitamiseksFotodega
#Metals #Metallid

Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Raua põik.

View along Raua põik, Tallinn, in the southern direction.

Side view of Tallinn School No. 21 from Raua põik, Tallinn

Apartment block at the end of Raua põik, Tallinn.

#Raua (põik) (Raud) #Asum
Not much going on here, with just a couple of blocks of flats on on side, but 'saved' by the presence of the mountainous Tallinn School No. 21 (Tallinna 21. Kool ) at Raua tänav 6, considered to be one of Tallinn's elite schools.
#Education #Haridust

Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Hõbeda.

View along Hõbeda, Tallinn, in the direction of Terase.

Old wooden apartment building behind a tree in Hõbeda, Tallinn.

Two sections of old concrete apartment buildings side by side in Hõbeda, Tallinn.

#Hõbeda (Hõbe)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Raua
Silver. A metals neighborhood of Tallinn... See also #Pronksi.

#JosephConrad in #English, and even #Descartes who scribbled in #Latin, are all respectively identified as #Irish, #Polish and #French, #Gogol is still commonly called a ‘#Russian’ writer. SovietOccupation renaming (1952-1989) of #Raua.
#СлаваУкраїні
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Front of an Estonian 5-crown banknote, featuring Paul Keres, Estonian chess grandmaster.

Front of an Estonian 25-crown banknote, featuring Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian writer.

Front of an Estonian 100-crown banknote, featuring Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet.

Front of an Estonian 500-crown banknote, featuring Carl Robert Jakobson, Estonian writer and politician.

#Paekalda, #Raua K., #Reindorffi G., #Tammsaare A.H., and #Tobiase R. Street named for proximity to the Bank of Estonia and other financial institutions.

#Faehlmanni F.R. (Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, 1798-1850)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Raua #Kadriorg
Founder of the ‘#LearnedEstonianSociety’ and originator of the #Kalevipoeg idea, converting a rather malevolent giant of #Estonian #folklore into a king and
#NotableEstonians #MärkimisväärsedEestlased
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#Tobiase R. (Rudolf Tobias, 1873-1918)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Raua
First #Estonian professional composer, whose #Julius Caesar was also the country’s first symphonic work. Face on the front of the 50-krooni banknote with the
#NotableEstonians #MärkimisväärsedEestlased
#Musician #Muusik#
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#Terase (Teras)
Steel; figuratively, a knife. One of a metals street group. See #Tina. Earliest records (1880) give a muddled bundle of #German, #Russian and #Estonian names Tschortowstraße, Чортова / Чертова (Chortova / Chertova) and Tšortovi /...
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Raua
#Metals #Metallid
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Narva (Narva)
Town on Russian border. Earliest records of present name (as Narvsche Straße, Нарвская ул, etc.) date back to 1872, before which
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Lasnamäe #Pirita #Südalinn #Sadama #Kompassi #Raua #Kadriorg #Kurepõllu #Paevälja #Loopealse #Katleri #Kuristiku #Priisle #Iru
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#Gonsiori (Jakob Johann Gonsior, 1794-1865)
Formerly (1920) split into Greater- and Lesser-Gonsiori. 19th‑C Tallinn alderman and lawyer, mayor of Tallinn in 1828, orphanage founder and funder.
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Südalinn #Kompassi #Raua #Torupilli #Kadriorg
#Philanthropist #Filantroop
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#Kollane(Adj.)
Yellow. Named after the yellow-painted wooden barracks demolished in 1870. Street names indicated by an adjective (occasionally an adverb or attributive) are in the nominative.
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Raua
#Colors #Värvid
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
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#Pronksi (Pronks)
Bronze. Renamed (1974-1990), along with #Jõe and #Liivalaia, as #Kingissepa V. during the #SovietOccupation. One of a metals street group. See #Raua.
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Raua #Kompassi #Torupilli
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad

#Raua (Raud)
Iron, both literally and metonymically, i.e. horse bit, horseshoe, chains, gun… Renamed (1952-1989) as #Gogoli N. during the #Soviet occupation. One of a metals street group. See #Terase.
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Raua #Kompassi
#Metals #Metallid
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid

#Hõbeda (Hõbe)
Silver. A metallic neighborhood of Tallinn... See also #Pronksi.
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Raua
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad

#Vase (Vask)
Copper. One of a metals street group. See #Hõbeda.
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Raua
#BuildingMaterials #Ehitusaterjalid

#Vilmsi J. (Jüri Vilms, 1889-1918?)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Kadriorg #Raua #Torupilli
Along with former President #KonstantinPäts (1874-1956, no street named after him, although see #Kentmanni) and #KonstantinKonik (1873-1936), one of the three members of the ‘#RescueCommittee’ which...
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The contemporary #Estonian counterparts Raudalu and Raudaru were after a local inn called Raudaru Kõrts (from raud: iron + aru: meadow, see #Raua and #Aru, but why?), aka Uerist (1798, but why’er? It sorta sounds like a mispronunication...)
#Tavern #Kõrts
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