Mikhail Kalinin

Born: 1875-11-19

Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin was a Soviet politician and Russian Old Bolshevik revolutionary. He served as head of state of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and later of the Soviet Union from 1919 to 1946. From 1926, he was a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.


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Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

as Himself (archive footage)
Released: 1925-01-21

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel made to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of...

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Kino-Pravda No. 18: A Movie-Camera Race over 299 Metres and 14 Minutes and 50 Seconds in the Direction of Soviet Reality

as Himself (archive footage)
Released: 1924-02-25

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: Up the Eiffel Tower in Paris / Moscow / Auto...

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Stalin and the Katyn Massacre

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2020-02-18

The Katyn massacre, carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940, was only one of many unspeakable...

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