Our video (Estonia boulevard)

Russian street

There is Russian street(Vene tänav in Estonian) in the old part of Tallinn, capital of Estonia. The Dominican Monastery, or to be precise, its surviving parts together with its nearest neighbourhood make up so called Latin Quarter where medieval mentality is carefully preserved. The Latin Quarter also includes the Catholic church of St.Peter's and St.Paul's, the Tallinn City Museum(14th-18th c.) occupying a house with decorative ashlar facade panel and a medieval hall across the street. The museum has a large number of exciting items on Tallinn's early history. Also associated with the Latin Quarter are several schoolhouses of the Old City Educational College, at Nos 13,15,21 and 22 Vene street, and, a short way down the street next the Bremen Tower, the Orthodox church of St.Nicholas the Wonderworker.

Luhike jalg and Pikk jalg

For a long time there were only two ways to get from Toompea to the Lower Town – on foot down a steep slope called Luhike jalg(Short leg) where steps have been built by today or by horse along slightly gentler route, Pikk jalg( Long Leg), the street descending immediately beneath Toompea’s bluff. Originally there was a simple gate at the bottom of Luhike jalg, but in the mid-15th century a mighty gate tower with a strong door was built at the upper end of the street.

Viru street

The name of street is the same in Estonian.
Viru street is the main shopping street in the Old Town. A lot was built there in the 2nd half of the 19th and early 20th century.
For many visitors the first sign of Old Town is Viru Gate. Actually only the two side towers of its fortified approach have come down to our days and the town wall is still 40 meters away from where they stand. Viru gate Hill or kissing Hill was also formerly part of the town’s fortifications, the High Viru Gate bastion

L. Koidula Street(1923)

It was named in honour of Estonian poetess Lydia Koidula (1843-1886).
Earlier the street was named Kadriorg street, later Institute street. In the house number 23 there was an institute of noble maidens. The institute was founded in 1863 by the order of tsar Alexander II.
Anton Hansen-Tammsaare, famouse Estonian writer(1878-1940), lived in this street for a long time.

Fr. R. Kreutzwaldi Street (1923)

It is named in honour of the Estonian writer, the founder of the epos "Kalevipoeg" Friedrrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (1803-1882).
The first mention of this street referred to 1913. Then it was called Romanov prospect (avenue) - in honour of reign family of Romanovy in Russia.
In 1923 the street was renamed into honour of Fr. R. Kreutzwald.

Sea boulevard,1884

Connects Sadama street (Port street) and central Viru square.
Former names of street were Promenaadi tee (Promenade street), Promenaden Strasse

Pärnu highway

Parnu Highway

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Estonia boulevard

It is named in honour of theatre, opera and ballet "Estonia".
In the beginning Estonia boulevard consisted of 2 different boulevards: а) from the former Russian market (present Viru square) up to Suur-Karja street Viruvarava boulevard (Clay boulevard) b) from Karja street up to Vyidu square (Mihajlovsky boulevard)
In 1881 Vene Turu promenaade (Russian market promenade), 1884 - Promenaden Strasse, 1887 - Der Ring, 1890-1895 - Ringstrasse and in Russian boulevard street (Bulvarnaja street).

The results of our research of street names

We have gathered information on origins street name, historical significance and present situation.
We have selected the next streets in Tallinn:
Estonia boulevard(category - countries)
Pärnu highway(category - cities, Pärnu - citiy in Estonia)
Sea boulevard (category - nature)
L. Koidula street and Fr. R. Kreutzwaldi Street (category -historical figure)
Russian street(category - languages)
Viru street,Pikk Jalg and Luhike Jalg(category - others)

Brief description of project

Street name is an identity given to a street to mark a place or area. Understand how a street is named will tell us the past, culture and characteristics of the place. The objective of this project is to allow students to have a better understanding of the origin of local street names and its historical significance. Through the exchange of information, students will get the opportunity to know and appreciate the significance of interesting streets available in various countries. During the project, they will plan to develop a product that will help to promote and educate the public of the selected streets.
Student's tasks:
Write a self-portrait to introduce themselves
Gather information on origins of street names, historical significance and present situations in their countries.
Present information to overseas partners through ICT platform.
Attend online discussions and interact with other participants through the use of communication tools available on the ICT platform.
Students will promote and educate the public of the selected streets by producing a 5-8 minutes documentary video clip on 3-4 selected streets from their home countries and at least 2 streets from overseas countries / a information booklet on 5-6 selected streets from home countries and at least 2 streets from overseas countries

About our school

Lasnamae High School is one of the biggest schools in Estonia. On the first of September 1979 our school was opened. We have about 1000 students. Age of students are from 7 to 18. There are 5 computer classes and Network with more than 150 PC in our school. We have used PC for learning of mathematics, languages and others. Our students study English, German, Estonian, Russian and French. Every year some of our students graduate our school with gold and silver medals. We have musical classes, swimming pools and others for sporting. Our students have participated in international project "Asia&Europe Money", where our partners were Indonesia, Poland, Philippines, Hungary, Sweden.

We are students from Estonia

We are students from Estonia(Lasnamae High school). We are happy to participate in an international AEC-NET project "Street Guru Adventure". It is our first cooperation with Pioneer Secondary School from Singapore
Co-ordinator of project is Ms Chua Bee Kuan,Singapore
Co-ordinator from Estonia is Ms Svetlana Dõtsenko,ICT Manager.