Real name: Михаил Иванович Калинин

(November 7 (19), 1875 - June 3, 1946)
Soviet state and party leader. Member of the CPSU (b) (1919-1946). Candidate member of the Politburo of the CPSU (b) (1919-1926), member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee (1926-1946). Member Orgburo (b) (1919-1920, 1924-1925), a candidate member of the Organizing Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP (B) (1921-1924), Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (1938-1936).