This possibly explains #Tammsaare A. H. choosing it to name the stunted personification of death, martyrdom and self-loathing in his 5-volume masterpiece #TõdeJaõigus (Truth and Justice).
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#FarmNames #TaludeNimede
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(see #Tammsaare A.H.), one in the #Kola peninsula village of #Поно́й (Ponoy, derived from ‘Sami’ [dialect unspecified] #pienneoi, dog river [see #Piksepeni]), which a local claimed to be called #Вавилонъ (Babylon). Others have been located in #Boughton, UK (the outline of a labyrinth can be
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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.
#Tammsaare A.H. (Anton Hansen Tammsaare, 1878-1940)
One of the best-known #Estonian novelists, author of the 5-volume masterpiece, #TõdeJaÕigus (Truth and Justice, 1926-1933)
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Kristiine #Kesklinn #Kadaka #Sääse #Siili #Tondi #Järve #Kitseküla
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When I lived in Estonia, I lived across the street from his house/museum. Time I read one of his books.
#booksky #reading #estonia #eesti #tammsaare
Kui vähe on maailmas avameelsust, otsekohesust, ausust, õiglust, armastust ja truudust. // #tammsaare