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Kalamaja
Kalamaja (Estonian for ''Fish House''; german: Fischermay) is a subdistrict of the district of Põhja-Tallinn (Northern Tallinn) in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is located just northwest of the historical town centre, on the coast of the Tallinn Bay. Kalamaja has a population of 9,820 (). Kalamaja is one of the best preserved wooden architecture areas in Tallinn and Estonia. The quiet neighbourhood has long been known for its colourful hodgepodge of old fashioned, working class houses. Throughout most of Tallinn's history Kalamaja served as the city's main fishing harbour. Starting from the 14th century the area was traditionally dominated by fishermen, fishmongers and boat wrights. A new era began in 1870, when Tallinn was connected to Saint Petersburg by railroad. The Tallinn railway station (Balti jaam), was built between Kalamaja and the city centre. Suddenly enormous factories started to sprout up in this part of town, and they brought with them an influx of thousand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Põhja-Tallinn Linnaosa Lipp
Põhja-Tallinn (Estonian for ''"Northern Tallinn"'') is one of the 8 administrative districts ( et, linnaosa) of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Subdistricts Põhja-Tallinn is divided into 9 subdistricts ( et, asum): Kalamaja, Karjamaa, Kelmiküla, Kopli, Merimetsa, Paljassaare, Pelgulinn, Pelguranna and Sitsi. Population The population in Põhja-Tallinn was 59,857 as of 1 January 2021. Gallery File:Tallinn, Vene-Balti laevatehase administratiivhoone, 1913-15.jpg, Former administrative building of Russo-Baltic shipyard in Kopli, now used by the Estonian Maritime Academy. File:Tallinn, Balti Puuvillavabriku tootmishoone peakorpus, 1900-1909 (2).jpg, Former Baltic cotton factory building in Sitsi. File:Tallinn, Balti Puuvillavabriku tööliselamu Sitsi 9, 1901-1905 (2).jpg, Dwelling of the workers of Baltic cotton factory. File:Patarei Prison, Tallinn.jpg, Former Patarei Prison in Kalamaja. File:Tallinn, koolihoone Ristiku 69, 1929 (1).jpg, Schoolhouse in Pelgulinn. File:Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallinn Power Plant
The Tallinn Power Plant ( et, Tallinna elektrijaam) is a former power plant located in Tallinn, Estonia. Construction of the power plant was initiated by Volta company and it was decided by the Tallinn City Council in 1912 after the work of special committee established in 1909. The plant was located next to the Tallinn Gas Factory at the location of the former Stuart fortress. The plant was designed by Volta and the architect was Hans Schmidt. Originally it used three Laval-type steam turbines and three electric generators—all produced by Volta. Two coal-fired boilers were manufactured by AS Franz Krull. The power plant was opened on 24 March 1913, and originally it was fired by coal. In 1919–1920 the plant was expanded and transferred to peat and wood. In 1924 the power plant was switched to oil shale. It was the first power plant in the world to employ oil shale as its primary fuel. In 1939, the plant achieved capacity of 22 MW. In 1929, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanalinn
Vanalinn (Estonian for ''"Old Town"'') is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Kesklinn (Midtown), Tallinn, the capital of Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, an .... It has a population of 4,437 (). Gallery File:Cloudscape, tallinn 2006.jpg File:Kinopurskkaev.IMGP6638.JPG File:Majandusministeerium 2009.jpg File:Tallinn Overview.JPG, File:Old garner in Tallinn 1.JPG, File:Old garner in Tallinn 2.JPG, File:Põllumajandusministeerium.IMGP6532.JPG, File:Tallinn Old Town.jpg, File:Tallinn flower market.jpg, File:Tallinn snelli tiik.jpg, File:Fat Margaret - Leo-setä.jpg, File:Tallinn Blackhead.JPG, File:Niguliste kirik 2009.jpg, File:Church in Tallinn 1.JPG, File:Building in Toompea 3.JPG, File:Toompea from Toompark.JPG, File:A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Põhja-Tallinn
Põhja-Tallinn (Estonian language, Estonian for ''"Northern Tallinn"'') is one of the 8 administrative districts ( et, linnaosa) of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Subdistricts Põhja-Tallinn is divided into 9 subdistricts ( et, asum): Kalamaja, Karjamaa, Tallinn, Karjamaa, Kelmiküla, Kopli, Merimetsa, Paljassaare, Pelgulinn, Pelguranna and Sitsi. Population The population in Põhja-Tallinn was 59,857 as of 1 January 2021. Gallery File:Tallinn, Vene-Balti laevatehase administratiivhoone, 1913-15.jpg, Former administrative building of Russo-Baltic shipyard in Kopli, now used by the Estonian Maritime Academy. File:Tallinn, Balti Puuvillavabriku tootmishoone peakorpus, 1900-1909 (2).jpg, Former Baltic cotton factory building in Sitsi. File:Tallinn, Balti Puuvillavabriku tööliselamu Sitsi 9, 1901-1905 (2).jpg, Dwelling of the workers of Baltic cotton factory. File:Patarei Prison, Tallinn.jpg, Former Patarei Prison in Kalamaja. File:Tallinn, koolihoone Ristiku 69, 1929 (1).j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ''maakond'' (county). Tallinn is the main financial, industrial, and cultural centre of Estonia. It is located northwest of the country's second largest city Tartu, however only south of Helsinki, Finland, also west of Saint Petersburg, Russia, north of Riga, Latvia, and east of Stockholm, Sweden. From the 13th century until the first half of the 20th century, Tallinn was known in most of the world by variants of its other historical name Reval. Tallinn received Lübeck city rights in 1248,, however the earliest evidence of human population in the area dates back nearly 5,000 years. The medieval indigenous population of what is now Tallinn and northern Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linnahall
Linnahall ( et, Tallinna Linnahall, 'Tallinn City Hall') (originally the V. I. Lenin Palace of Culture and Sports) is a multi-purpose venue in Tallinn, Estonia. It is situated in the harbor, just beyond the walls of the Old Town, and was completed in 1980. The venue also features a heliport and a small seaport. Venue The 1980 Summer Olympics were hosted in Moscow in 1980. As inland Moscow had no suitable venue at which to stage the sailing event, this task fell to Tallinn, the capital of the then Estonian SSR. Apart from the main venue for the sailing event, Pirita Yachting Centre, a number of other sports and entertainment facilities were erected, among them the V. I. Lenin Palace of Culture and Sport. designed by architects Raine Karp and Riina Altmäe. The skating rink closed in 2009, followed by the concert hall in 2010. The city searched for investors from 2009 to 2015, and in 2015 the city council decided to renovate Linnahall, although the project did not come to fruit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patarei Prison
Patarei Prison ( Estonian: ''Patarei vangla''), also known as Patarei Sea Fortress and Tallinn Central Prison (''Tallinna Keskvangla''), commonly known as The Battery (''Patarei''), is a building complex in Kalamaja district of Tallinn, Estonia. The premises cover approximately four hectares of a former sea fortress and prison, located on the shore of Tallinn Bay. The fort was built from 1830–1837 as part of the fortifications for the tsarist Russian state. The building order was given by emperor Nicholas I. In 1864, Tallinn was removed from Russian Empire’s list of fortresses due to Russia’s defeat in the Crimean War, and the fort was converted into barracks. The Republic of Estonia, which declared independence in 1918, reconstructed it as a prison after World War I. In 1919, the fort's main function became a prison, lasting until 2005. For Estonians, Patarei is one of the most prominent symbols of Soviet and Nazi political terror. In 2018, the Estonian Institute o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadama
Sadama ( Estonian for ''"Harbour"'') is a subdistrict () in the district of Kesklinn (Midtown), Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 2,951 (). Gallery File:EU-EE-Tallinn-Kesklinn-Sadama-D Terminal.JPG, Former D-terminal in Old City harbour in Tallinn at 2010 File:Atlantica vs Classica.jpg, Cruise ships at cruise quay in Old City harbour in Tallinn File:Tallinn Rottermanni Soolaladu.jpg, Rotermann Salt Storage, now the Estonian Architecture Museum See also *Tallinn Passenger Port *Foorum Foorum is a shopping centre in the centre of Tallinn, Estonia. Foorum has a gross leasable area of 2,500 square metres containing 28 different shops (including four restaurants and cafés), including women's fashion, footwear, kid's clothes, j ... References Subdistricts of Tallinn Kesklinn, Tallinn {{Tallinn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk ( Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia Piano Factory
Estonia Piano Factory ( et, Estonia Klaverivabrik) was founded in 1950 by in Tallinn, Estonia. The majority of Estonia pianos are now sold in the United States. History Ernst Hiis formed his own company, E. A. Ihse, in 1893. In 1915, he sold his business and worked for other companies. In 1923, he became the leading expert and manager of the Astron piano company. The Second World War and the subsequent occupation of Estonia by the Soviet Union stopped production of pianos in Estonia. The factories were destroyed. Only Ernst Hiis continued his grand piano production. In 1950, by the order of Joseph Stalin, based on The Peoples' Furniture Factory, the Tallinn Piano Factory was established, and the new piano was called Estonia. In April 1951, the first Estonia piano was presented to the State Board. From 1950 to 1990 the company was state-owned and made two grand piano models ( and ) for distribution throughout the Soviet Union. The company languished after the fall of the Sovie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kultuurikatel
Kultuurikatel aka Tallinn Creative Hub is a non-profit foundation and cultural organisation in Tallinn, Estonia situated in the Tallinn Power Plant and a medium between international culture, creative industry and private sector. Kultuurikatel organises events, workshops, performances. Yearly it organises Stalker Festival and is a partner in the Tallinn Music Week. The organisation also runs an active artist-in-residence program to serve professional artists from different fields of culture. The organisation has several departments such as a sound lab, a maker lab, a digital and audio-visual lab, Toidulabor/a food lab. Tallinn Creative Hub is a member of international networks such as ECOC (European Capitals of Culture), ENCATC (European Network on Cultural Management and Cultural Policy), ECBN (European Creative Business Network), Circostrada and Estonian Chamber of Service Industry. Kultuurikatel is located at the complex of the former Tallinn Power Plant The Tallinn P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
