Kalinin, Mikhail (Ivanovich)
- Kalinin, Mikhail (Ivanovich)
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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.
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Kalinin,Mikhail Ivanovich — Kalinin, Mikhail Ivanovich. 1875 1946. 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). * … Universalium
Kalinin, Mikhail Ivanovich — ▪ Soviet statesman born November 7 [November 19, New Style], 1875, Verkhnyaya Troitsa, Tver province, Russia died June 3, 1946, Moscow communist leader and statesman who was the formal head of the Soviet state from 1919 until 1946. A… … Universalium
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin — noun soviet statesman and head of state of the USSR (1875 1946) • Syn: ↑Kalinin, ↑Mikhail Kalinin • Instance Hypernyms: ↑statesman, ↑solon, ↑national leader … Useful english dictionary
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin — Michail Iwanowitsch Kalinin (russisch Михаил Иванович Калинин, wiss. Transliteration Michail Ivanovič Kalinin; * 7. Novemberjul./ 19. November 1875greg. in Werchnjaja Troiza, Gouvernement Twer; † 3. Juni 1946 in Moskau) war ein sowjetischer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Ivanovich — (as used in expressions) Alferov Zhores Ivanovich Bukharin Nikolay Ivanovich Chaliapin Feodor Ivanovich Chuikov Vasily Ivanovich Denikin Anton Ivanovich Fyodor Ivanovich Glinka Mikhail Ivanovich Guchkov Aleksandr Ivanovich Herzen Aleksandr… … Universalium
Mikhail — (as used in expressions) Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov Bakhtin Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakunin Mikhail Aleksandrovich Barclay de Tolly Mikhail Bogdanovich Prince Baryshnikov Mikhail Nikolayevich Borodin Mikhail Markovich Mikhail Gruzenberg Bulgakov… … Universalium
Kalinin — noun soviet statesman and head of state of the USSR (1875 1946) • Syn: ↑Mikhail Kalinin, ↑Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin • Instance Hypernyms: ↑statesman, ↑solon, ↑national leader … Useful english dictionary
Mikhail Kalinin — noun soviet statesman and head of state of the USSR (1875 1946) • Syn: ↑Kalinin, ↑Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin • Instance Hypernyms: ↑statesman, ↑solon, ↑national leader … Useful english dictionary
Mikhail Kalinin — Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union In office 30 December 1922 … Wikipedia
Kalinin — I. biographical name Mikhail Ivanovich 1875 1946 Russian politician; formal head of Soviet state (1919 46) II. geographical name see Tver … New Collegiate Dictionary
