Nikonovi J.

(Jevgeni Alexandrovich Nikonov, 1920-1941)

Russian marine who fought in the defence of Tallinn in 1941, and, wounded and caught but refusing to divulge any military information, burned alive by the Germans. Decorated as Hero of the Soviet Union, an honour he shared with Matrossov. Soviet occupation renaming (1951-1991) of Soo.