Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

6 months ago

#Lumiste J. (Johannes Lumiste, dates unknown)
#Historical #Ajalooline
#RedArmy lieutenant whose claim to fame seems to be his having removed, in 1944, the black swastika on its white background from a #Nazi flag and climbing to the top of #PikkHermann to hoist the resulting
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

7 months ago

guard to the #ByzantineEmperors. Name derived from #Varjaag, #Estonian for #Varangian (Old East Slavic: #Varyag). Renamed (1979-1995) as #Lumiste J. during the #SovietOccupation. Part of a magico-mythological group. See #Vikerlase.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#History #Ajalugu
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