Mikhail Kalinin

Soviet politician (1875–1946)

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Lived 1875–1946, aged 71

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1875–1946
Aged 71

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Updated 2026-05-29

Soviet figurehead who held the ceremonial title of head of state for 27 years while the real power lived elsewhere. Politburo member from 1926 onward, Kalinin was the face of the USSR when a face was needed.

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Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin was a Soviet politician and Russian Old Bolshevik revolutionary who served as the nominal head of state of the Soviet Union from 1919 until his resignation in 1946. From 1926 until his death, he was a member of the Politburo of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks).

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