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Kalinin

[ kuh-lee-nin; Russian kuh-lyee-nyin ]

noun

  1. Mi·kha·il I·va·no·vich [myi-, kh, uh-, yeel, ee-, vah, -n, uh, -vyich], 1875–1946, Russian revolutionary: president of the U.S.S.R. 1923–46.
  2. former name (1934–90) of Tver.


Kalinin

1

/ kaˈlinin /

noun

  1. See Tver
    the former name (until 1991) of Tver


Kalinin

2

/ kaˈlinin /

noun

  1. KalininMikhail Ivanovich18751946MRussianPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state Mikhail Ivanovich (mixaˈil iˈvanəvitʃ). 1875–1946, Soviet statesman: titular head of state (1919–46); a founder of Pravda (1912)

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