About the book: 1981 / This book, designed for children of primary school age, fascinatingly tells about the youthful years of the Bolshevik-Leninist, an outstanding statesman of our country, Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin. Readers will also learn about Mikhail Ivanovich’s friendship with the children of his native village of Verkhnyaya Trinity, and about Kalinin’s care for his fellow villagers.