Names
Pasternaki M. (Mikhail Fadeevich Pasternak, 1908-1941)
Captain of the 1941 operational group of the Destruction (or Extermination) Battalions (Rus.: Истребительные батальоны [Istrebitelnyye batalony], Est.: Hävituspataljonid) formed from ‘local’ communists to fight Anti-Soviet partisans using, among others, an up-graded version of scorched earth tactics expanded to include not only farms, but also farmers, their wives, laborers and children. For some, a war criminal or perpetrator of crimes against humanity, for others (paraphrasing): “a hero whose name is inscribed in gold letters”. Please choose. No relation to Boris, author of Omar Sharif Goes to Town. See also Oki F. Soviet renaming (1979-1995) of Pikri.
Patareisadam (0)
Passenger port/terminal next to Linnahall. Group of five ports/harbors in Kalamaja. See Kalasadama.
Patkuli (Dietrich Friedrich Patkul [?-1710])
Aka Dietrich von Friedrich Patkul, Friedrich Diederich Pattküll, etc. Swedish soldier and Vice-governor of Tallinn from 1707-1710. Apparently... Although his infamous and ill-fated relative Johann Reinhold von Patkul (1660-1707) – born in Stockholm prison and broken on the wheel in Poland for his part in the Great Northern War and desire to wrest Livonia from Swedish hands – may well have made him a more covert candidate. Name applies to both the steps (trepp) and the viewing-platform / belvedere (vaateplatvorm) itself on Toompark. See also Pilstickeri torn or trepp.
