Voolu (Vool)
1) Stream, flow, current, tide; 2) (Electrical) current; 3) Trend. Vastuvoolu: against the current, upstream; pärivoolu: with the current, downstream. Odd choice of name – located between Põllu, corresponding to its previous temporary (1940-1941) name of Külvi, recently-sown field or young crop, and the Tallinn-Paldiski railway line – but apparently because it was the first street in Kivimäe to get electricity. This was 1927.
Sädeme (Säde)
Spark, sparkle. Part of a fire, fire-making and fireplace group, see Taela.
Soo (Soo)
Swamp, march, bog. Two streets called Soo: 1) the old one, in Nõmme, now known as Alliksoo; and 2) the current one, in Kalamaja, named for its proximity to Kalamäe Soo (see Erika), and formerly occupying parts of both Uus-Kalamaja and Tööstuse, hence its colourful past ranging from Koppelscher Weg or Коппельская дорога and Ziegelskoppelscher Weg (1774, see Kopli), Sumpfstraße (1877) and Болотная (Bolotnaya, 1907), both ‘marsh’, then Große Fischermay-Straße (see Kalamaja) and finally Nikonovi J. (1951-1991) during the Soviet occupation. The fact that Soo ‘starts’ in Kalamaja probably caused Kivi’s notion that Kalamäe Soo was located there too, see Angerja.
Kuhlbarsi F.
(Friedrich Kuhlbars, 1841-1924)
Schoolteacher and author of lyrics to Eestimaa, mu isamaa (Estonia, my fatherland), the Estonian Scouts’ anthem. Name probably from MLG kūlebārs (ruffe, Acerina cernua). Part responsible for various ‘mythological’ interpretations of Estonia’s past.