Kalinin
Americannoun
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Mikhail Ivanovich 1875–1946, Russian revolutionary: president of the U.S.S.R. 1923–46.
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former name (1934–90) of Tver.
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Kaliningrad was known by the German name of Koenigsberg until after World War II, when it was annexed by the Soviet Union and renamed to honour Soviet politician Mikhail Kalinin.
From Reuters • May 10, 2023
Previously known as Królewiec by Poles and Königsberg by Germans, it was renamed Kaliningrad by the Soviets after Mikhail Kalinin, one of the leaders of the Bolshevik revolution.
From BBC • May 10, 2023
"Leaving would have been a difficult step out of my comfort zone," Kalinin, who is in his thirties, told the BBC.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2023
Kalinin, who now lives in Wales, cannot imagine going home.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2022
The Soviet Union’s head of state and a close colleague of Stalin’s, Chairman Mikhail Kalinin, gave a speech in July 1945 addressed to the “Glorious Daughters of the Soviet People.”
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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