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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, a couple of entries still pending, no photos with the streets yet, layout not finalized...

This started with a book (last few pages under review) and so far 1889 of the 1891 articles entered, 1 or 2 links may 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!

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Stoltingi torn (Stoltingh, Stoltink?) Symbol designating a Point of Interest.

Presumed floruiting 1369-72, a Nicolaus Stoltingh, aka Claus Stoltink, is mentioned without there being a record of him in the 1410-1414 list of Tallinn tower chiefs (the name probably predates this anyway), so his relation to the tower is unknown. However, coming from MLG stolt, and Ger. Stolz, for ‘pride’, he did earn the tower its one-time nickname of Väike Uhke (little pride). See also Tallitorn.

Rulkoviuse

(Adolph Johann Rulcovius, 1796-1871)

Thus named (1885-1939, with various spellings, both c and k) after owner of underlying land who split it up (Wikipedia gives an unlikely date of 1878) to create the now Virmalise street network. The ‘Latin’ surname was probably a typical Linnaean class move to upgrade a standard surname, Рульков (Rulkov).

Nahhimovi P.

(Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov, 1802-1855)

Famed 19th‑C Russian admiral, commander at the Siege of Sebastopol during the Crimean War. Soviet occupation renaming (1953-1990) of Erika.

Nikonovi J.

(Jevgeni Alexandrovich Nikonov, 1920-1941)

Russian marine who fought in the defense of Tallinn in 1941, and, wounded and caught but refusing to divulge any military information, burned alive by the Germans. Decorated as Hero of the Soviet Union, an honor he shared with Matrossov. Soviet occupation renaming (1951-1991) of Soo.

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