kalinin

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A Russian surname, Mikhail Kalinin - a Russian revolutionary
Former name of Tver, Russia (Тверь) from 1931 to 1990
Russian politician who participated in the revolution of 1917 and was head of state as chairman of the All-Union Central Executive Committee (1919-1938) and the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1938-1946)
soviet statesman and head of state of the USSR (1875-1946)
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin
born Nov. 19, 1875, Verkhnyaya Troitsa, Russia died June 3, 1946, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. Russian communist leader and statesman. An early supporter of the Bolsheviks, he participated in the Russian Revolution of 1905 and cofounded Pravda. After the Russian Revolution of 1917 he served as mayor of Petrograd (St. Petersburg). In 1919 he became chair of the central executive committee of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets, and thus titular head of the Soviet state, a position he kept until his death. From 1925 he was a member of the Politburo and supported Joseph Stalin in crucial votes, thus retaining his high party office
Mikhail Kalinin
born Nov. 19, 1875, Verkhnyaya Troitsa, Russia died June 3, 1946, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. Russian communist leader and statesman. An early supporter of the Bolsheviks, he participated in the Russian Revolution of 1905 and cofounded Pravda. After the Russian Revolution of 1917 he served as mayor of Petrograd (St. Petersburg). In 1919 he became chair of the central executive committee of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets, and thus titular head of the Soviet state, a position he kept until his death. From 1925 he was a member of the Politburo and supported Joseph Stalin in crucial votes, thus retaining his high party office