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Pasternaki M. (Mikhail Fadeevich Pasternak, 1908-1941): Captain of the 1941 operational group of the Destruction (or Extermination) Battalions (Russian: Истребительные батальоны, Estonian: Hävituspataljonid) formed from ‘local’ communists to fight Anti-Soviet partisans using, among others, an up-graded version of scorched earth tactics expanded to include not only farms, but also farmers, their wives, laborers and children. For some, a war criminal or perpetrator of crimes against humanity, for others (paraphrasing): “a hero whose name is inscribed in gold letters”. Please choose. No relation to Boris, author of Omar Sharif Goes to Town. See also Oki F. Soviet renaming (1979-1995) of Pikri.
Paabusilma (Paabusilm)
Lit. peacock’s eye. Probably päeva-paabusilm, the peacock butterfly, Inachis io, although it could also be one of the saturnid moths: kevad-paabusilm, emperor moth, Saturnia pavonia or hiid-paabusilm, great peacock moth, S. pyri, etc. Apparently a renaming of a disjointed NE stretch of Udeselja. Part of a lepidopteran group. See also Piksepeni.
Noblessneri (Noblessner)
Port named after Noblessner, the name of the company created when Alfred Nobel’s nephew Emanuel, director of Branobel (see Petrooleumi), and a torpedo manufacturer by the name of Lessner merged to build submarines for the Russian navy after the 1905 Battle-of-Tsushima débâcle (see Peetri). Founded around 1912, the shipyard operated from 1913-1916 until the дерьмо hit the fan, while Lessner’s St-Petersburg plant would later become known as the Karl Marx Machine-Building Association, which must have made him a very happy chappy. One of a group of five ports/harbors in Kalamaja. See Patareisadam.
Pilstickeri torn (0) 
Arrow-maker/arrow-sharpener, from MLG pīl, arrow (German Pfeil, both derived from Latin pilum, a heavy military javelin), and either MLG sticken, to fit with a shaft or, given the root *stick- implying a point, possibly arrow-sharpener. See also Plate torn.
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