About the book: 1963 / Dear readers! This book tells about Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin - the first president of the world's first socialist state, wise, principled and a sincere person who devoted his life to the struggle for the happiness of people. The ebullient life of Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin, filled with revolutionary activity, is an example for young people. Kalinin's biography is closely intertwined with the chronicle of the mass revolutionary movement. By studying the life and work of Mikhail Ivanovich, the younger generation, schoolchildren receive an answer to the question that worries them: “... make life from whom?” The book “Stories about M. I. Kalinin” reveals only some episodes from the biography of Mikhail Ivanovich. But it is within the power of every schoolchild, every school group, even a very small one, to independently continue to study the biography of Kalinin. That is why this book also tells about the work of young tourists from the 36th school in Moscow, who have been studying the life and work of Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin for several years now. for this purpose, organizing tourist expeditions to the places where Kalinin once lived and worked. We will be glad if, after reading this book, you also decide to study the biography of Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin, visit his homeland during school holidays, visit memorable places, related to his activities. In this book we print a map of the Soviet Union indicating the places where Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin once lived and worked. Perhaps, having specified on this map the points closest to your place of residence associated with the stay of Mikhail Ivanovich, you will decide to visit them in order to further reveal the image of Kalinin for yourself, to become even better acquainted with his activities for the benefit of our people. We ask you, dear ones readers, send us reviews of this book and your wishes to the editors, authors and artist. Send letters to the address: Moscow, A-30, Sushchevskaya st., no. 21, Molodaya Gvardiya publishing house, mass department.