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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!

Home

Here are a few examples of how you can use the search feature:

Entering this and that into the search form will return results containing both "this" and "that".

Entering this not that into the search form will return results containing "this" and not "that".

Entering this or that into the search form will return results containing either "this" or "that".

Search results can also be filtered using a variety of criteria. Select one or more filters below to get started.

Assuming konstantin is required, and päts is required, the following 4 results were found.

  • Vilmsi J.https://www.tallinnstreets.com/en/vilmsi-jueri

    Vilmsi J. (Jüri Vilms, 1889-1918?) Along with former President Konstantin Päts (1874-1956, no street named after him, although see Kentmanni) and Konstantin Konik (1873-1936), one of the three members of the ‘Rescue Committee’ which proclaimed Estonian...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Simon
    • Category: StreetNames
    • Language: en-GB

  • Kentmannihttps://www.tallinnstreets.com/en/kentmanni

    among others, by Bornhöhe E. and Vilde E.). The street was also named for short periods (1939-1940 & 1941-1944) after Konstantin Päts (trivia drop: päts, or loaf of (corn)bread, is a possible cognate of Georgian ფეჩი, peči or ‘cast-iron stove’ and the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Simon
    • Category: StreetNames
    • Language: en-GB

  • Vabaõhukoolihttps://www.tallinnstreets.com/en/vabaohukooli

    Vabaõhukooli (Vabaõhukool) Open-air school. Location (at No.7) of the ‘Tallinn Konstantin Päts Vabaõhukool’ for children with respiratory diseases. See Metsakooli.

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Simon
    • Category: StreetNames
    • Language: en-GB

  • Lauristini J.https://www.tallinnstreets.com/en/lauristini-j

    politician and communist. Serial prisoner, forced labor twice: seven years (1923-1931) then six until the (probably) Konstantin Päts amnesty of 1938. Died either during an evacuation or, some suggest, assassinated by the NKVD. Soviet occupation renaming...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Simon
    • Category: StreetNames
    • Language: en-GB
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