Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

8 months ago

#Ujula (Ujula)
(#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn)
Public swimming pool or baths, after the one at the end of the street. #SovietOccupation renaming (1958-1987) of #Aia.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#NõukogudeOkupatsioon
#Leisure #VabaAeg
#Sport #Spordid

Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

1 year ago

#Rohuaja (grass / herbal remedy garden, 1885) and #Ujula (1958-1987) during the Soviet Era after which it was restored to its original name, while #Aia tee, in #Merivälja, first recorded in 1924, switched to
#StreetNameChange #TänavanimeMuutmine
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