Pöögelmanni H.
(Hans Pöögelmann, 1875-1938)
Poet, translator and Member of the Soviet of the Commune of the Working People of Estonia. Death in 1938 suggests a less than favourable review of his verse by the NKVD... Soviet occupation renaming (1959-1990) of Kaupmehe.
Saali A.
(Andres Saal, 1861-1931)
Estonian writer of patriotic historical fiction (studied photography in Germany, worked in Jakarta, retired and died in San Francisco...), street existed until late 1950s, south of Tartu mnt, halfway between and parallel to present-day Liivalaia and Kreutzwaldi F.R. Prior to this, the street was called Fruchtstraße or Фруктовая (Fruktovaya), fruit street (1907-1916), with the Estonian Puuvilja added afterwards (1908-1936), Saalstraße in 1942, and at one stage in its past as Дмитровка (Dmytrovka) which seems to be quite a common Russian toponym, but what its relevance here is is obscure. Kivi says nothing.
Kreuksi J.
(Jaan Kreuks, 1891-1923)
Estonian Communist, shot in the back, they say, by the security police (Kaitsepolitsei). Soviet occupation renaming (1940-1989) of Kentmanni.
Laari J.
(Joosep Laar, 1905-1943)
One of the 11 Estonians ever to receive a Gold star medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union, an honour he shared with Gagarini J., Leonid Brezhnev (4-times prize-winner!) and Trotsky’s ice-axe assassin. Soviet occupation renaming (1950-1991) of Villardi.