Names
Jüriöö (Jüriöö)
After Jüriöö ülestõus, the St. George’s Night Uprising of Estonians against the Teutonic knight invaders starting 23rd April 1343. Although there is no longer a street of this name, despite attempts to have one (see Vahuri), it was the Soviet occupation renaming (1982-1994) of Seli and now the name of a park to the east of Kantsi, just off Peterburi. This was also one of the origin events of the Blackheads (Mustpeade vennaskond), a Brotherhood or minor guild (see Pikk 10) whose legends include its being involved in defending Tallinn (then Reval) from nasty locals trying, unsuccessfully, to remove both foreigners and Christianity from their country. Originally founded in the 14th C as a military guild responsible for civil defense, particularly during the Livonian War, see Marta, as well as city watch and policing, evolving into a mainly social organization after the Great Northern War. The Brotherhood was dissolved by the Soviet occupiers in 1940, although some members escaped and managed to keep it alive in Hamburg, Germany.
Jussikalda (Jussikallas)
Juss’s slope/bankside. Odd one. Jussi could be an old farm name: KNAB says nay; Pirita’s fb page says yay. Juss is short for Juhan, the name, but also means something small, short and thick, lending to other meanings such as whippersnapper, nipper, kid. This possibly explains Tammsaare A. H. choosing it for the stunted personification of death, martyrdom and self-loathing in his 5-volume masterpiece Tõde ja õigus (Truth and Justice), translated in 3 vols.: I (Vargamäe) & II (Indrek) available at good bookstores; vol. 3 pending.
Juurdeveo (Juurdevedu)
Feeder line or railway, branch line. Street leads to Tallinn-Väike station. Many of Estonia’s domestic railway lines, e.g. Tallinn to Viljandi and Pärnu, used to be narrow-gauge (see Kitsarööpa). A feeder line connects passengers or goods to or from a main network, this one connecting the Tallinn-Väike narrow-gauge to the standard-gauge railway from Tallinn to St. Petersburg.
