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Nõmme (Käina)
Nõmme (Estonian for ' heath') is one of the eight administrative districts ( et, linnaosa) of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 39,422 () and covers an area of , population density is . The district is largely a middle-class, suburban area, mostly consisting of listed private homes from the 1920s and 1930s and is sometimes referred to as the "Forest Town." History Nõmme was founded by Nikolai von Glehn, the owner of Jälgimäe Manor, in 1873 as a summerhouse district. The development started around the railway station. In 1926 it was granted town rights, but in the beginning of the Soviet occupation in 1940, it was merged with Tallinn and remains as one of the eight districts of Tallinn to date. There are many historical sights in Nõmme, such as Glehn Castle, the sculpture ''Kalevipoeg'' (also known as "Glehn's Devil"), the Victoria Palace cinema, and Nõmme Market. Other important sights include Vanaka Hill, the ski jumping tower, Rahumäe cemeter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallinn University Of Technology
Established in 1918, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech; et, Tallinna Tehnikaülikool) is the only technical university in Estonia. TalTech, in the capital city of Tallinn, is a university for engineering, business, public administration and maritime affairs. TalTech has colleges in Tartu and Kohtla-Järve. Despite the similar names, Tallinn University and Tallinn University of Technology are separate institutions. History In the early twentieth century, Estonia recognised an urgent need for locally trained engineering specialists. Until then, young people from Estonia had received their specialist education in St. Petersburg, Germany or Riga. Opportunities had to be sought for engineering-minded people to acquire an Estonian-based education which was adapted to local conditions and needs; Estonia was in the process of establishing itself as an independent country. On 17 September 1918, the Estonian Engineering Society opened an Estonian-based engineering school nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pääsküla Bog
Pääsküla (Estonian language, Estonian for ''"Passage Village"'') is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 9,948 (), population density is . Pääsküla has a Pääsküla railway station, station on the Elron (rail transit), Elron western route. Gallery File:Pääsküla raudteepeatus (tänapäev).jpg, Pääsküla old train station File:Pääsküla jaama hoone.jpg, Old station building File:Laagri SäästumarketIMG 2601.JPG, Laagri Säästumarket in Vana-Pääsküla (''Old Pääsküla'') File:Pääskülakivisild.jpg, Pääsküla stone bridge See also *Pääsküla River References Subdistricts of Tallinn {{Tallinn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Census (1989)
The 1989 Soviet census (russian: Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989, lit=1989 All-Union Census), conducted between 12 and 19 January of that year, was the last one that took place in the Soviet Union. The census found the total population to be 286,730,819 inhabitants. In 1989, the Soviet Union ranked as the third most populous in the world, above the United States (with 248,709,873 inhabitants according to the 1990 census), although it was well below China and India. Statistics In 1989, about half of the Soviet Union's total population lived in the Russian SFSR, and approximately one-sixth (18%) of them in the Ukrainian SSR. Almost two-thirds (65.7%) of the population was urban, leaving the rural population with 34.3%.Encyclopædia Britannica Book of the Year 1991, Soviet Union, page 720. In this way, its gradual increase continued, as shown by the series represented by 47.9%, 56.3% and 62.3% of 1959, 1970 and 1979, respectively. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edelaraudtee
Edelaraudtee (''Southwestern railway'') is an Estonian railway operator founded in 1997. AS Edelaraudtee operates freight services on lines from Tallinn to Rapla, Pärnu & Viljandi owned by Edelaraudtee Infrastruktuuri AS. Until 2014, the company operated the domestic inter-city passenger routes currently operated by Elron. Before the transfer of the passenger traffic, the company employed around 500 staff and carried approximately 1.8 m passengers a year. Operations On 16 March 2012 Edelaraudtee launched a new information display solution based on GPS, that provided passengers via Internet and physical displays real-time information on the trains’ locations. The developed information project, whose part is that solution, had an objective to provide passengers necessary opportunities to acquire trip information. Edelaraudtee had plans to equip all serviced train stations and stops with QR codes to link passengers with relevant station’s or train stop’s information di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elron (rail Transit)
AS Eesti Liinirongid, operating as Elron, is a government-owned passenger train operator in Estonia. The company was founded as a subsidiary of Eesti Raudtee in 1998, and separated shortly thereafter. Prior to 2014, the company operated exclusively the electrified commuter rail system in Harjumaa, and was known until October 2013 as ''Elektriraudtee'', i.e. "the Electrical Railway". On 1 January 2014 Elron took over all domestic passenger train services in Estonia from Edelaraudtee. Network Inter-city rail Elron operates inter-city trains from Tallinn's Balti jaam on several lines: Tallinn– Tartu– Valga (connecting to Pasažieru vilciens trains to Riga), Tallinn–Tartu– Koidula, Tallinn–Narva, and Tallinn–Viljandi. Services on the Tallinn–Pärnu route ended in December 2018. The line required substantial upgrading and it was not felt worthwhile spending the money required for this around 8 years before Rail Baltica is due to provide much faster service to Pärn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vana-Mustamäe
Vana-Mustamäe ( Estonian for ''"Old Black Hill"'') is a neighborhood of Nõmme in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 2,066 (). It borders Hiiu and Pääsküla to the south, Nõmme to the southeast, Mustamäe to the northeast, Kadaka to the north, Astangu to the northwest, and Mäeküla to the west. It's the location of Glehn Castle (administratively in Hiiu Hiiu is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 3,986 (), population density is . Hiiu has a station on the Elron western route. The first narrow gauge ...). Gallery File:Tihniku sild 1.jpg File:Glehni rahula(Tallinn).jpg, Glehn's cemetery References Subdistricts of Tallinn {{Tallinn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raudalu
Raudalu is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Nõmme, 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, a .... It covers an area of and has a population of 794 (), population density is . References Subdistricts of Tallinn {{Tallinn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahumäe
Rahumäe ( Estonian for ''"Peace Hill"'' or ''"Quiet Hill"'') is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 3,075 (), population density is . Rahumäe has a station on the Elron western route. Rahumäe and Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ... cemeteries are situated in Rahumäe. Gallery File:Rahumäe jaama hoone.jpg, Rahumäe train station File:Rahumäe raudteepeatus (tänapäev).jpg, File:Rahumäe sõjaväejaama hoone.jpg, Ruins of former narrow gauge railway station building. File:Rahumäe kalmistu.jpg, Entrance of Rahumäe cemetery. File:Juudi kalmistu kabel.jpg, Chapel on Jewish cemetery File:Järve Keskus 2557.JPG, Järve shopping centre References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pääsküla
Pääsküla (Estonian for ''"Passage Village"'') is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 9,948 (), population density is . Pääsküla has a station on the Elron western route. Gallery File:Pääsküla raudteepeatus (tänapäev).jpg, Pääsküla old train station File:Pääsküla jaama hoone.jpg, Old station building File:Laagri SäästumarketIMG 2601.JPG, Laagri Säästumarket in Vana-Pääsküla (''Old Pääsküla'') File:Pääskülakivisild.jpg, Pääsküla stone bridge See also *Pääsküla River Pääsküla River is river in Estonia in Harju County. The river is 11.6 km long and basin size is 41.2 km2. It runs into Vääna River Vääna (german: Feyena, Faehna, Fähna) is a village in Harku Parish, Harju County in norther ... References Subdistricts of Tallinn {{Tallinn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nõmme (subdistrict)
Nõmme (Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also ... for ''"Heath"'') is a subdistrict in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and had a population on 1 January 2014 of 6,389, with a population density of . Nõmme has a station on the Elron western route. The first train station in Nõmme was opened in 1872. Gallery File:Nõmme jaamahoone.jpg, Nõmme train station File:Nõmme turuhoone 3.jpg, Nõmme market building, burned down and rebuilt in 2010 File:Los Angeles? No, Nõmme Center, Tallinn Estonia.jpg, File:Ehitajate tee algul koos Mustamäe suusasillaga.jpg, Ehitajate tee going up to Nõmme hill from Mustamäe. File:N6mme rahu kirik 2007 veebruar.jpg, Nõmme Rahu (''Peace'') Church References Subdistricts of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Männiku, Tallinn
Männiku ( Estonian for ''"Pine Grove"'') is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 5,978 (), population density is . Gallery File:Valdeku tänav 01.jpg, Level crossing near Liiva train station. File:Männiku tee 02.jpg, File:Nõmme sotsiaalmaja.jpg, Männiku social house, former Tallinn 39. High School. See also *Männiku training area Männiku training area is one of the six military training fields used by the Estonian Defence Forces. It is located just outside the capital of Estonia, Tallinn, in Kiili and Saku municipalities. Its area is . History During the Soviet occupa ... References Subdistricts of Tallinn {{Tallinn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liiva, Tallinn
Liiva (Estonian Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also ... for ''"Sand"'') is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 1,365 (), population density is . It has a railway station on the Tallinn - Viljandi railway line operated by Elron (rail transit). Liiva cemetery is situated in Liiva. Gallery File:Liiva railway station building 15May2009.jpg, Liiva railway station File:Liiva raudteejaama veetorn,1917.JPG, Water tower in railway station File:Train in Liiva railway station 15May2009.jpg, References Subdistricts of Tallinn {{Tallinn-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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