#Värava (Värav)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
Gate, gateway. Odd, name stated as random, but in between two fungi #Riisika and #Puraviku on its E half, and next to #Kaitse on its W half, random I think not. Given the nearby #Liiva station was a junction for #PeterTheGreat’s #NavalFortress Railway,
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#PeterTheGreat’s NavalFortress, aka the #TallinnPorkkala defence station built under #NicholasII, designed to protect Russia from attack by sea following the 1905 destruction of the Russian #BalticFleet in the #Battle of #Tsushima, effectively ending the
#Military #Sõjaline
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In 1709 Russia emerged as a major power after its defeat of Sweden. The repercussions of #PetertheGreat’s victory at Poltava endure to this day.

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cannons set up by for #PeterTheGreat’s #NavalFortress (see #VabadusePuiestee). To solve matters, this one was cropped to #Tüki (if #Suurtükk is a cannon, is #Tükk just a can?). Actually, it means ‘piece’, ‘bit’, ‘lump’ (of diverse varieties) or ‘fragment’, and ‘piece’ is also a piece of weaponry
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