#Lauristini J. (Johannes Lauristin, 1899-1941)
#Historical #Ajalooline
#Estonian politician and communist. Serial prisoner, forced labor twice: seven years (1923-1931) then six until the (probably) #KonstantinPäts amnesty of 1938. Died either during an evacuation or, some suggest,
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Tallinn city streetsign with the streetname Roosikrantsi on it.

#Roosikrantsi (Roosikrants)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Tõnismäe
Rosary, but name too of a #Danish dynasty of #Hanseatic merchants. Renamed (1944?-1989) as #Lauristini J. during the #Sovietoccupation. Next door to #Hariduse, and various interpretations have been put forward:
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