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Kalinin, Mikhail Ivanovich (1875–1946) Soviet statesman, head of state of the Soviet Union (1919–46). He was a founder (1912) of the newspaper Pravda and fought in the Russian Revolution (1917). A supporter of Joseph Stalin, Kalinin served in the Politburo (1925–46).

Russian revolutionaries leaders Josef Stalin, Vladimir Lenin and Mikhail Kalinin in 1919. Photograph: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images

Königsberg was ceded to the Soviet Union and subsequently renamed in honour of Mikhail Kalinin, a Bolshevik revolutionary. The German population was expelled and Soviet citizens repopulated it ...

Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin was a Russian communist leader, who served as the formal head of state of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, as well as of the Soviet Union later, from 1919 to 1946. Kalinin was born to a peasant family, and during his early years he worked as a metal worker in Petrograd City.

The Mikhail Kalinin-class passenger ship (project 101, in Germany known as Seefa 340) is a class of Soviet ocean liners and cruise ships, operated by the Baltic State Shipping Company (BGMP), Far East Shipping Company (FESCO) and Black Sea Shipping Company (ChMMP or BLASCO).

Mikhail Kalinin is an associate in King & Spalding’s London office and a member of the International Arbitration practice group. He focuses on investment treaty and international commercial arbitration, as well as complex cross-border disputes and enforcement proceedings. Full Bio.

Kalinin was also banned from the priesthood, according to the note published on the Russian Orthodox Church's website. "Seemingly, I made some mistake," the TASS news agency quoted Kalinin as saying.