Word: kalinin
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Members of the "Unofficial Commission of Hearst Newspapers" completed a "long and thorough" tour of Russia with a week-end conference with M. Kalinin, Chairman of the Presidium of the Union (of Socialist Soviet Republics) Central Executive Committee...
...Presidium of the Union Central Executive Committee is composed of a Chairman (M. Kalinin, popularly supposed to be President of Soviet Russia), a Secretary and 15 members. Although the Presidium has power to make war, confer decorations, ratify peace treaties, receive the credentials of foreign diplomatic representatives, etc., it is in its turn under the thumb of the Union Congress of Soviets. However, between the sessions of the Executive Committee, business is carried on by the Presidium...
...these shoes are so big and strong that Kaminev has to go where they take him. The men who are really ruling Russia (Rykov, Zinovien, Stalin and their friends), ceased some time ago to fear Lenin and have directed their policies through such figureheads as Kaminev, Tchitcherin and Kalinin...
...Department of State has canceled the authorization for a visa for Mme. Kalinin, wife of the President of the so-called Soviet Republic of Russia. The presence of Mme. Kalinin in this country is rendered wholly undesirable by the deep feeling which has been aroused by the execution of Vicar General Butchkavitch. The action of the department is taken especially in protest against this execution...
...Kalinin, second President of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic: Represents the peasants, who reëstablished private property. "Lenin gazed at Russia through Kalinin's eyes as one gazes in a crystal.'' Tolerates religion. His old, religious mother is violently anti-Bolshevik. No one thinks of assassinating him because he is one of the "folks...