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Tobiase R.
(Rudolf Tobias, 1873-1918)
First professional Estonian composer, whose Julius Caesar was also the country’s first symphonic work. Face on the front of the 50-krooni banknote with the Estonian Opera House on the back (for information on Estonian currency, see Krooni). Previously Slobodka (1908), Slabodka (1910), Slobotka (1921) and Slobodi (-1923) with the latter’s starting date unspecified, after the 19th-C expansion of Peter I’s Russian quarter, or ‘Слобода’ (sloboda), around today’s Roheline aas and Poska for servants and other employees at Kadriorg Palace (see Vana Slobodaa).
Kreutzwaldi F.R.
(Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, 1803-1882)
Original Estonian name, apparently Vindri Roin Ristmets. Later pseudonyms: K. Friedhold, Lauluisa (song father), Viru Laulik (see Lauliku). The son of a cobbler serf, and one of the first Estonian intellectuals, doctor (author of the once very important manual Kodutohter [Home Doctor] in 1878), writer (his drippingly sentimental 1842 translation of a rewrite of a rewrite of the medieval legend of Genevieve of Brabant, Wagga Jenowewa ajalik elloaeg [The life of poor Genevieve], was perhaps the best-selling Estonian book of the 19th century) but best remembered as national poet and compiler of the Kalevipoeg, Estonia’s epic poem about the Son of Kalev, giant hero of the past, and vehicle for National Awakening after “the seven hundred years of serfdom”. Street once known as Romanov Prospect. The offices of Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR, Estonian public broadcasting) are at No.14. Longest Tallinn streetname. See Kalevipoja.
Paks Margareeta (0): 
Fat Margaret. Although Big Margaret might be a better translation, more in line with other countries’ impressive military works, Germany’s WWI 42-cm Howitzer Dicke Bertha (Big Bertha), comes to mind. One of the city wall’s main cannon towers. A relatively recent name dating back to the 19th C, as a reminder of the wall’s founding mother, Margaret Sambiria, mother of Danish King Erik V Klipping (said to be thus nicknamed for his untrustworthiness and/or devaluing of coin) and fief-holder of Estonia (Domina Estoniae) from 1266-1282. Formerly known by the more prosaic runden tornn [...] vor den groten Strantporten [...], the round tower in front of the big beach gate (Suur Rannavärav). Used as a prison from 1830s-1917, now home to the Estonian Maritime Museum. See also Pikk Hermann.
Saunatorn (0)
Sauna tower. Built in 1371-1372 and initially belonging to the nearby Cistercian convent. See also Saunatagune torn.
