Falgi (Hans Heinrich Falck, 1791-1874)

Cabinet-maker, clavier manufacturer, Toompea craftsman’s guild elder, alderman and land-owner. Important agent in Tallinn urban development, involved in planting thousands of trees in the mid-1800s to stabilize the sandy earth, building Toompea tänav, and other incentives. First known as Falckensteg (Falck (foot-)bridge in 1882 and moving through a variety of Russian names including, first, Фалькенштегская ул. (Falkenstegskaya St.,), Фалькскій подъемъ (Falkiy ascent), and Соколиный спуск (Falcon descent, date uncertain, poss. a misinterpretation of the above Falkensteg [i.e. without the ‘c’] or typical Soviet repression), but also, in part, Балтийскопортский подъем (Baltiyskoportsky Rise), this being during the building of what is now Paldiski maantee. Collectivized (1948-1989) along with Komandandi under the name of Nõukogude during the days of wine and roses.