[ noun ] a port city on the Gulf of Finland that is the capital and largest city of Estonia <noun.location>
At least 8,000 Estonians attended an outdoor rally and filled the Tallinn town hall for a panel discussion about Josef Stalin's repression of the Baltic states.
Nationalists in Tallinn also demonstrated on Aug. 23 against the German-Soviet pact under which the Soviets annexed Estonia.
About a dozen protesters demanding freedom for three Estonian political prisoners had gathered more than 6,000 signatures by Tuesday during a five-day demonstration in Tallinn, Estonia.
"Perestroika is a hope and democracy is a hope, and every hope has a moment of unease," the newly elected Estonian premier, Indrek Toome, said during a flight from Tallinn to Moscow.
Estonian radio editor Harry Tiido said Friday that in interviews given when he returned to Tallinn, Estonian Communist Party chief Vaino Vyalyas said Gorbachev spoke favorably about the republics' plans for more economic autonomy.
They have something wrong." Estonian nationalists shouted "Get the Russians Out!" in the streets of Tallinn on Wednesday to commemorate the small Baltic nation's brief generation of independence from the Soviet Union, which ended in 1940.
The group's blue, red and green emblem can be seen on posters, flags and buttons throughout Tallinn, Estonia's ancient seaside capital.
Speakers also objected to the decision of Estonia's party and government to fly the Baltic state's old flag, which had long been illegal under Soviet rule, from the highest medieval castle tower in Tallinn, she said.
"Back in Tallinn I sell for one ruble, here more," he says, rubbing his thumb and forefinger together.
"All of the economy of Estonia will be directly controlled by Estonian authorities instead of a Moscow minister," said Tarmu Tammerk, an editor at the weekly newspaper Kodumaa in Tallinn, the Estonian capital.
A local journalist, Tarmu Tammerk, said the statement was expected to win approval during the Central Committee meeting today in Estonia's capital, Tallinn.
But Artur Kopytyn, a spokesman for the Russian Strike Committee in Tallinn, said 15 large plants were fully on strike, and limited work stoppages were reported at dozens of others.
The Tass news agency said the three games the Americans play in Moscow, Leningrad and Tallinn should help football overcome its violent reputation.
The walkout has paralyzed rail cargo around Tallinn, Estonia's capital.
More than 2,000 loaded freight cars are sitting idle and dock workers at Tallinn's two ports also have joined the walkout, Tass reported.
Estonian is spoken by 95 percent and Russian by 24 percent. Tallinn is the capital.
In Estonia, anti-Soviet protesters demonstrated in the city of Tallinn to mark the Baltic nation's brief independence from Moscow that ended in 1940.
The dissidents are seeking permission for a demonstration in the center of Tallinn, capital of Estonia, on Feb. 24.
Lawmakers in Estonia and Lithuania convene Friday in sessions expected to reject the Kremlin plan and call for bolder steps. Estonia's draft law gives the Tallinn government control over virtually all industries except defense.
Two explosions were reported in the Estonian capital Tallinn Sunday night.
He predicted that power in the Estonian capital of Tallinn would shift from Communists to an electoral union of 10 groups, including environmentalists and the Estonian People's Front.
Tass said walkouts among railway workers were "the most dangerous" because they were impeding the flow of coal shipments that pass through Tallinn's port. It said 26,000 people were striking in Tallinn.
Tass said walkouts among railway workers were "the most dangerous" because they were impeding the flow of coal shipments that pass through Tallinn's port. It said 26,000 people were striking in Tallinn.
In Tallinn, the chain was four-deep in places, and then stretched south out of the windy port.
Alexander Yakushev, a strike committee member, said in a telephone interview from Tallinn that local officials were meeting with strikers but that the talks could not be considered negotiations.
Some people talk of a loud noise, as of a collision.' This possibility has also been raised by the testimony of one of the first Estonian survivors to come back to Tallinn, Mr Ain-Alar Johanson.
Index on Censorship did not identify the unit or give other details about Mati, who came from Tallinn, capital of Estonia, or Jurgen.
Non-Estonian workers were striking at 21 enterprises in Tallinn, the capital, to protest the republic's secession drive.
Estonian President Arnold Ruutel invited Presidents Vytautas Landsbergis of Lithuania and Anatoly Gorbunov of Latvia to sign an agreement with him in Tallinn on Saturday.
The law being considered by the Tallinn assembly calls for "a transition to economic independence" in the Baltic republics by early 1990.