Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

7 months ago

#Mitšurini I. (Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, 1855-1935)
#Historical #Ajalooline
Russian #geneticist, #pomologist and plant hybridizer with a touch of the #Lamarckian about him. #SovietOccupation renaming (1950-1987/9) of #Wismari.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Science #Teadus

Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

1 year ago

#Wismari (Wismar):
Named after the city wall’s former Wismar #Ravelin, itself after the #Baltic Sea port in #Germany dating back to pre 12th C, one of the earliest #Hanseatic League towns. City used as setting for the 1922 #Dracula film #Nosferatu. Renamed as Mitšurini I. during the #Soviet Era.