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Pelguranna (Pelgurand) 
Shore of refuge, safe haven (see Pelgulinna asum). First recorded 1938. Street and Sub-district named after the beach of this name (popularly known as Stroomi rand since 1939), perhaps punning on the idea of it being a safe (i.e. nice) place to swim.
Pelgulinna (Pelgulinn)
Eponymous avenue (puiestee) of Pelgulinn asum created in 1921, and renamed Kolde in 1926. Clearly, someone had issues with this name.
Pelgulinna asum (Pelgulinn)
Lit. town of asylum, refuge or shelter which, legend has it, was due to it being a common hiding-place for criminals and outlaws in the 18th C (Pelgulinn is right next to Kelmiküla). This may be true. Wiedemanni translates it as Freistadt, which could be one of two things: 1) a self-governing city (let’s say town, or zone), independent of the surrounding region, which sounds unlikely unless, for example (and I’m spit-balling here), the prime mover behind its development, Johann Grabby (or other player) was able to obtain special tax concessions for creating his brick-making factory there in 1879 (see Telliskivi), on land which was essentially unproductive marsh (according to Folio 7 of Friedrich Eurich’s 1880-82 map, it was named Quartal I. (Quarter No.1) or Linna Soo [City Marsh]); or 2) as per legend, a special legal zone where asylum was granted and asylum seekers could live, outlawry laws have often allowed this sort of refuge on inhospitable terrains, which does seem a bit closer to reality but still a tad too romanticized for some people’s taste. Considered a slum in the late-19th C. See Pelgulinna.
Peetri (Peeter)
Almost certainly Peter the Great, ruled 1682-1721, widely considered the greatest of male Russian monarchs, and go-to Tsar for any Russian-based naming-project not involving the Soviets, the main one being Peter the Great’s Naval Fortress, aka the Tallinn-Porkkala defence station built under Nicholas II, designed to protect Russia from attack by sea following the 1905 destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet in the Battle of Tsushima, effectively ending the Russo-Japanese war. The distance between Tallinn and Porkkala (±36 km) was considered sufficient for guns on either side to create a barrier to any navy intent on attacking Saint Petersburg. See also Sõjakooli.
