Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

8 months ago

#Silikaadi (Silikaat)
#Silicate. #SovietOccupation renaming of #Risti, after the local building-materials industry started by one of #Estonia’s Über-Ministers (Labor, Welfare, War, Roads), #OskarAmberg (1878-1963) in the early 1920s. 1.5 km from the sand/concrete materials group, see #Silikaltsiidi.

Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

1 year ago

#Risti (Rist)
1) Cross; 2) Clubs (card suit). Named after #RistiKõrts, local source of spiritual succor: the Cross Inn, presumably on the other side of the road. Renamed (1950-1990) as #Silikaadi during...
#Tallinn#Nõmme#Rahumäe#Liiva
#LīvõdPierāndõksPǟva #LivonianHeritageDay #LiiviPärandiPäev
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