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Mikhail Kalinin

1875 - 1946

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Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin (Russian: Михаил Иванович Калинин, IPA: [kɐˈlʲinʲɪn] ; 19 November [O.S. 7 November] 1875 – 3 June 1946) was a Soviet politician and Russian Old Bolshevik revolutionary who served as the first chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (head of state) from 1938 until his resignation in 1946. From 1926 until his death, he was a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Born to a peasant family, Kalinin worked as a metal worker in Saint Petersburg and took part in the 1905 Russian Revolution as an early member of the Bolsheviks. During and after the October Revolution, he served as mayor of Petrograd (St. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mikhail Kalinin is the 5th most popular public worker, the 95th most popular biography from Russia (down from 93rd in 2019) and the most popular Russian Public Worker.

Mikhail Kalinin was the first president of the Soviet Union and served from 1922 to 1946. He was a member of the Bolshevik party and a close ally of Vladimir Lenin.

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Among PUBLIC WORKERS

Among public workers, Mikhail Kalinin ranks 5 out of 15Before him are Draco, Emperor Taishō, Alois Hitler, and Joseph Fouché. After him are Gaius Maecenas, Demetrius of Phalerum, Robert Walpole, Thomas Cromwell, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Markus Wolf, and John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute.

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Among people born in 1875, Mikhail Kalinin ranks 17Before him are Ferdinand Porsche, Jeanne Calment, Mileva Marić, Gerd von Rundstedt, Marie of Romania, and Albert I of Belgium. After him are Henry Hallett Dale, Jim Corbett, Vesto Slipher, Gilbert N. Lewis, John Buchan, and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia. Among people deceased in 1946, Mikhail Kalinin ranks 14Before him are Amon Göth, Ion Antonescu, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Gerhart Hauptmann, Hans Frank, and Arthur Seyss-Inquart. After him are Alexander Alekhine, John Logie Baird, Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher, Manuel de Falla, and Werner von Blomberg.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Mikhail Kalinin ranks 95 out of 3,761Before him are Sergey Lavrov (1950), Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (1904), Andrei Rublev (1360), Olga Constantinovna of Russia (1851), Alexis of Russia (1629), and Vasily Arkhipov (1926). After him are Ivan Konev (1897), Ivan III of Russia (1440), Michael of Russia (1596), Alexander Suvorov (1730), Mikhail Lomonosov (1711), and Lev Kamenev (1883).

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Among public workers born in Russia, Mikhail Kalinin ranks 1