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Work in progress

A pile of ro ad signs half-trashed and piled up on a building-site, to indicate the site is in construction.

Website under construction, many entries missing, no photos with the streets yet, layout not finalized...

This started with a book (last few pages under review) and so far 1681 of the 1884 articles (A to S included) entered so far, so some 20% of the links go nowhere.

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The Book

All author earnings of A Rambling Dictionary of Tallinn Street Names to be donated to the foundation or donate here.

If anyone could help or advise as to the legal mechanism, it would be appreciated, thanks!

The Website

Not intended at the beginning, the present website is taking on a life of its own, with plans for relevant discussion forums, picture galleries and, over time, more non-streetname entries.

In theory, it will be funded by advertising relevant to people in Tallinn, to be determined.

A percentage of profits (also to be determined) to be donated to the foundation. 

Contact

Photograph of Simon Hamilton in Pikk street, Tallinn.

Apparently, a company that uses its owner's name is considered more trustworthy because they put themselves on the line.

This is me, in Tallinn this spring (2025), on a 3-month spree to check details, take photos (about 12K), explore (ave. 15K/day), and so on. I think I covered every street in Kesklinn (apart from Mõigu), most of Põhja-Tallinn and some Kristiine.

For information, please contact Simon at this address dot com, thanks!

Names

Vainu

Vainu (Vain)

Grassplot, village green or common. First known as Olga / Ольгинская ул. until 1925 (probably unrelated to the earlier name of Pebre, 10 km away), then switched – for reasons of consonance? Olga > Anger – to Angerstraße (village green or common) / Лужаечная ул. (lawn) in 1926, then back to Vainu in 1937. Renamed 1940-1941 as Mõrra. Vain is also a family name and I recommend Peep Vain’s The Most Important Question, from your local bookstore.

Vainutalu

Vainutalu (Vainutalu)

Farmstead or place by the common, or Vain’s farm (see Vainu). After nearby farm.

Vakmanni R.

Vakmanni R.

(Rudolf Vakmann, 1894-1937)

Estonian revolutionary. Took part in the failed 1924 Estonian coup d’état (1. detsembri riigipöördekatse) for which he was definitively thanked in 1937 during the Great Purge. The coup, designed to set up an ESSR with help from the Russian Soviet Comintern, aka Third International, was partially hindered by the November 1924 Trial of the 149 removing a significant proportion of its numbers (see Tombi J.). Two of Vakmann’s brothers were caught and executed during the coup. Soviet occupation renaming (1959-1991) of Kauka.

  1. Vaksali
  2. Vaksiku
  3. Valdeku
  4. Valge

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