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 Era 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 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.