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Härma M.
(Miina Härma [Hermann], 1864-1941)
Music teacher, organist, prolific composer (over 200 choral songs, 10 cavatinas, a canto, Kalev and Linda and more), choral and orchestral conductor. Received initial musical education from Hermanni K.A. (no relation).
Kadriorg (0) 
Catherine’s valley. Being both the name of a Sub-district and a valley, sensu estoniano, this is in the nominative, but often referred to or conflated with Kadrioru. Although it’s possible that Estonians perceive it as a compound word (which it is) that already includes the relevant genitive in Kadri. Named after the lady who (all rumors) began life as Martha Skavronskaya, 1683/84(?)-1727, daughter of a Lithuanian peasant, adopted by Glück, founder of ‘peasant schools’ (see Nunnadetagune torn) and Lutheran pastor who translated the Bible into Latvian, was pressed into becoming laundress to the Russian army, became mistress first to Prince Alexander Danilovich Menshikov then to Peter the Great whom she later married, becoming Catherine I, Empress and Autocrat of all the Russias (grandmother-in-law of Catherine the Great). Formerly known as Kuningamõisa or kunninga mois (king’s manor); Katharinental, Katarinental, Katharinenthal, Cathriindal and Екатериненталь (various German and Russian permutations of Catherine’s valley/dale); and микрорайон Кадриорг (Kadriorg microdistrict).
Anveldi J.
(Jaan Anvelt, 1884-1937)
Also known as Eessaare Aadu, Jaan Holm, Jaan Hulmu, Kaarel Maatamees, Onkel Kaak and Н. Альтъ. Estonian revolutionary, writer, leader of the Communist Party of Estonia, Premier of Soviet Estonia, died as a result of persuasive cross-examination in 1937 but blessed to be redeemed as a “good communist” by Khrushchev. One of the rare Estonian communists to have a Wikipedia page devoted to him in Tamil, see ஜான் ஆன்வெல்ட், and if you don’t find that writing beautiful you have no soul. Soviet era renaming (1957-1991) of Kivisilla and Reimani V.
