Names
Sitska (?)
Former farm or farming family. Street probably renamed after its scion Jaan Sitska, historian, in 1996 from Mähe, and once enticingly known as Kaarel, maatükk 22, 16-a, or, more or less, Charles, piece o’ land 22, 16a, reaffirming the Estonian sense of an address not necessarily being a thoroughfare but a plot of land. Anagram of Kitsas.
Smurfide (Smurfid, pl.)
Smurfs, sing. Smurf. No such place, never was, never will be. Bright-blue Belgian comic characters.
Smuuli J. (Juhan Smuul, 1922-1971)
Known by his Germanic name Johannes Schmuul until 1954. People’s Writer and winner of the Stalin Prize (1952) and Lenin Prize (1961). The Estonian SSR State Prize was named after him (the Juhan Smuul Literary Prize), an honor he shared with Aram Khatchaturian (for the Armenian SSR equivalent). Author of the rousing song Lähme tööle (Let’s go to work!) and I, a Komsomol, a poem I’ve long been promising myself to read... Vague noises circulate about a possible street-name change. Hint: Suitsupääsuse would be a good idea, or why not Smurfide, with its switch from red to blue? This street is part of the E67 from Helsinki to Prague.
