Kalamaja
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Kalamaja is a subdistrict of the district of Põhja-Tallinn
(Northern Tallinn) in Tallinn
, the capital of Estonia
. It has a population of 7,812 (2008). Kalamaja's former German
name until 1918 was Fischermay, also spelled Fischermai.
in Tallinn, known as Kalamaja cemetery
(in Estonian
: Kalamaja kalmistu; in German
: Fischermay Kirchhof) which was founded in the 15th or 16th century. The cemetery was flattened in 1964, during the second occupation of the Baltic states, by Russian Soviet authorities who used the area of Kalamaja as a base for the Soviet Armed Forces
.
Põhja-Tallinn
Põhja-Tallinn is one of the 8 administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 55 656 .-Subdistricts:...
(Northern Tallinn) in Tallinn
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
, the capital of Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
. It has a population of 7,812 (2008). Kalamaja's former German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
name until 1918 was Fischermay, also spelled Fischermai.
Kalamaja cemetery
Kalamaja was the location of the oldest cemeteryCemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
in Tallinn, known as Kalamaja cemetery
Kalamaja cemetery
The Kalamaja cemetery in Tallinn in Estonia was once the city's oldest existing cemetery, located in the suburb of Kalamaja in the north of the city...
(in Estonian
Estonian language
Estonian is the official language of Estonia, spoken by about 1.1 million people in Estonia and tens of thousands in various émigré communities...
: Kalamaja kalmistu; in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
: Fischermay Kirchhof) which was founded in the 15th or 16th century. The cemetery was flattened in 1964, during the second occupation of the Baltic states, by Russian Soviet authorities who used the area of Kalamaja as a base for the Soviet Armed Forces
Soviet Armed Forces
The Soviet Armed Forces, also called the Armed Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Armed Forces of the Soviet Union refers to the armed forces of the Russian SFSR , and Soviet Union from their beginnings in the...
.