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Pusta A. (August Pusta, 1904-1971)
Colonel (polkovnik, from polk [Ru. полк], regiment [but also ‘crowd of girls’…], ultimately from Old German *fulkaz, also giving rise to Anglo-Saxon folc [troop, detachment], Eng. folk, and cognate with Latin pleb; nothing to do with dancing where ‘polka’ is thought to come from Czech půlka (half, or half-step, see chap. L’indéchiffrable de la langue française in Français hors de France ! by the present author) of the Soviet Army’s 8th Estonian Rifle Corps. Soviet occupation renaming (1979-1994/5) of Kahu and Lummu. See title to present tome: ‘… rambling…”, I did warn you.
Pelgulinna (Pelgulinn)
Eponymous avenue (puiestee) of Pelgulinn asum created in 1921, and renamed Kolde in 1926. Clearly, someone had issues with this name.
Põhja-Tallinn (0) 
North-Tallinn. Known mainly for its legacy fishing and ship-building industries, and proportionally high Russian population (almost 40%), its 11 ports pepper 20 km of coastline. First mentioned 1374. District (Linnaosa) with 8 Sub-districts (Asumid): Kalamaja, Karjamaa, Kelmiküla, Kopli, Merimetsa, Paljassaare, Pelgulinn, Pelguranna and Sitsi. See Haabersti.
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.
