Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

4 months ago

#Lomonossovi M. (Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov, 1711-1765)
#Historical #Ajalooline
#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
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

1 year ago

Renamed (1950-1991) as #Lomonossovi M. during the #SovietOccupation. He lived at #Mündi 2 (another one-time candidate for being called #Gonsiori), It has been suggested that the name comes from #Polish gąsior, for gander (the letter ‘ą’ is nasalized and pronounced ‘an’).
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