- Kalamaja
Kalamaja is a subdistrict of the district of
Põhja-Tallinn (Northern Tallinn) inTallinn , the capital ofEstonia . Kalamaja's former German name until 1918 was "Fischermay", also spelled "Fischermai".Cemetery in Kalamaja
Kalamaja was the location of the oldest
cemetery in Tallinn, known asKalamaja cemetery (in Estonian: "Kalamaja kalmistu"; in German: "Fischermay Kirchhof") which was founded in the 15th or 16th century.cite web |url=http://www.tallinn.ee/pohja_tallinn/g6254 |title=KALAMAJA |accessdate=2008-09-03 |publisher=Tallinn city website |date= ] The cemetery was flattened in 1964, during the secondoccupation of the Baltic states , by RussianSoviet authorities who used the area of Kalamaja as a base for theSoviet Armed Forces Rein Taagepera, "Estonia: Return to Independence", Westview Press 1993, ISBN 0813317037, page 189] .External links
* [http://www.tarkvarastuudio.ee/tallinn_linnaarhiiv/149-5-1416.htm Image of a late 19th or early 20th century map showing the district of Kalamaja and the area of the cemetery]
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