About the book: 1985 / Book about Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin. Coming from a peasant family, having gone through the flames of three revolutions, at the end of 1922 he headed the newly born new state - the USSR. Being the “all-Union headman,” as the people lovingly called him, M.I. Kalinin fought to strengthen the young Land of the Soviets, making a great contribution to the development of industry, agriculture, and culture. M.I. Kalinin was a great friend of the pioneers, did a lot to educate Soviet children. Designed for middle-aged schoolchildren.