Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin (Russian: ΠΠΈΡ Π°ΠΈΠ» ΠΠ²Π°Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ ΠΠ°Π»ΠΈΠ½ΠΈΠ½, IPA: [mΚ²ΙͺxΙΛ(j)iΙ« kΙΛlΚ²inΚ²Ιͺn] ; 19 November [O.S. 7 November] 1875 β 3 June 1946) 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...