Lauristini J.
(Johannes Lauristin, 1899-1941)
Estonian politician and communist. Serial prisoner, forced labour twice: seven years (1923-1931) then six until the (probably) Konstantin Päts amnesty of 1938. Died either during an evacuation or, some suggest, assassinated by the NKVD. Soviet occupation renaming (1944?-1989) of Roosikrantsi.
Lomonossovi M.
(Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov, 1711-1765)
Russian polymath, scientist, writer and poet, born in a Pomor village close to Kholmogory, about 60 km S of Archangelsk and its now, sadly, dismantled 13-storey, 44-m high, reputedly world’s tallest wooden house, the ‘Sutyagin skyscraper’, built by its eponymous local racketeer. Soviet occupation renaming (1950-1991) of Gonsiori.
Mitšurini I.
(Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, 1855-1935)
Russian geneticist, pomologist and plant hybridiser with a touch of the Lamarckian about him. Soviet occupation renaming (1950-1987/9) of Wismari.
Popovi A.
(Alexander Stepanovich Popov, 1859-1906)
Russian physicist who first demonstrated the practical application of electromagnetic waves (some say inventor of the radio), but failed to apply for a patent. Soviet occupation renaming (1950-1990) of Paavli.