Pikksilma (Pikksilm)

Lit. Long eye. Telescope. Street planned in 2011, along with Kiikri, renaming (and extending?) the northern part of Bensiini. New development in Kadriorg where a ship was dug up during construction, about 200 m from the current shore. See Liiva or Paljassaare for information on Estonia’s and Tallinn’s slow rise from the sea. Possibly sunk due to fire, the ship was renamed Peeter after the excavator operator, and, built no earlier than 1296, probably sunk around 1320-1330. Interesting to note that this ship used moss as caulking. See also Tuukri, where a similar find was made next to this.

Poska J.

(Jaan Poska, 1866-1920)

Mayor of Tallinn 1913-1917. Main signatory to the Treaty of Tartu on 02/02/1920 between Estonia and the Russian SFSR or Soviet Federative Socialist Republic recognising Estonia de jure, the latter party relinquishing, Art. 2, “for ever all rights of sovereignty formerly held by Russia over the Esthonian people and territory...” (sic). Street known as Liiva (1885-1921) along with its Ger. and Rus. equivalents Sandstraße (from 1838) and Песочная (from 1907), then Leineri A. (1940-1991) during the Soviet occupation.

Nafta (Nafta)

Mineral oil, petroleum, naphtha. Part of an oil street-name group. See also Petrooleumi. Street named in 1933, 2nd year of the great Soviet famine, sinkhole of soviet aspirations.