Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin (Russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Кали́нин) (November 19 [O.S. November 7] 1875 – June 3, 1946) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and the titular head of state of the Soviet Union from 1919 to 1946. Though only four years older than Joseph Stalin, Kalinin was celebrated as Dedushka ("Grandpa") by the Young Pioneers. Two large cities, Tver and Königsberg,...