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Nekrassovi N.
(Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov, 1821-1878)
Russian poet, writer and critic. First editor of Dostoievsky. Publisher of literary magazine Sovremennik (The Contemporary, founded by Pushkin) from 1846 until 1866, publishing Turgenev, Tolstoy, and even Flaubert... Soviet occupation renaming (1963-1995) of Madala.
Pöögelmanni H.
(Hans Pöögelmann, 1875-1938)
Poet, translator and Member of the Soviet of the Commune of the Working People of Estonia. Death in 1938 suggests a less than favorable review of his verse by the NKVD... Soviet occupation renaming (1959-1990) of Kaupmehe.
Saali A.
(Andres Saal, 1861-1931)
Estonian writer of patriotic historical fiction (studied photography in Germany, worked in Jakarta, retired and died in San Francisco...), street existed until late 1950s, south of Tartu mnt, halfway between and parallel to present-day Liivalaia and Kreutzwaldi F.R. Prior to this, the street was called Fruchtstraße or Фруктовая (Fruktovaya), fruit street (1907-1916), with the Estonian Puuvilja added afterwards (1908-1936), Saalstraße in 1942, and at one stage in its past as Дмитровка (Dmytrovka) which seems to be quite a common Russian toponym, but what its relevance here is is obscure. Kivi says nothing.
Kreuksi J.
(Jaan Kreuks, 1891-1923)
Estonian Communist, shot in the back, they say, by the security police (Kaitsepolitsei). Soviet occupation renaming (1940-1989) of Kentmanni.
