#Nuia (Nui)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Sõjamäe
#Club (also driver in golf), bludgeon, cudgel. Named for probable weapon used during the #JüriööÜlestõus. See #Tapri.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Military #Sõjaline

#Tapri (Tapper)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Sõjamäe
Battle-axe. Named for probable weapon used during the #JüriööÜlestõus. See #Nuia.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#MythsAndLegends #MüüdidJaLegendid
#Military #Sõjaline
#Literature #Kirjandus

following the #JüriööÜlestõus (St. George’s Night Uprising) of 1343-04-23 where the #TeutonicOrder killed some 3000 #Estonians in an orgy of attrition and #revenge.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
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angry at the unjust state of affairs (plebs getting ideas above their station), killed in turn by #Jaanus, the eponymous #Avenger, during the #JüriööÜlestõus. Appropriately, a fictional #street or perhaps #footpath alongside a questionable #railway track in the hinterland of #Peterburi,
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#Jüriöö (Jüriöö)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Ülemiste
After #JüriööÜlestõus, the St. George’s Night Uprising of #Estonians against the #TeutonicKnight 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
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today a cult film or bane of Christmas according to viewpoint, while #Tasuja, The Avenger, deals with #JüriööÜlestõus, the St. George’s Night Uprising, and features #Taara, #Tambeti and #Vahuri.
#Literature #Kirjandus
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#Vesse (Vesse)
#Tallinn #Lasnamäe #Sõjamäe
Vesse (or Wesse), one of the leaders of the #JüriööÜlestõus (St. George’s Night Uprising) against the #German invaders, beginning 23rd April 1343. Vesse was from #Saaremaa where the uprising lasted about two years, and was relieved of his life in 1344.
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