My Disillusionment in Russia · Character
Kalinin
Bolshevik figurehead, met in passing.
minor
First appearance: v meeting people
Kalinin shows up with force in XXVII: Kronstadt. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Speaks at the Petrograd Soviet meeting, denouncing the sailors as counterrevolutionaries and calling for their subjugation.
Kalinin first appears in 0007 v meeting people.
In XXVII: Kronstadt: Speaks at the Petrograd Soviet meeting, denouncing the sailors as counterrevolutionaries and calling for their subjugation.
Later, in XXXI: Exploiting the Famine: Described as the 'marionette President' who made a propaganda tour through the famine region.
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- Closing
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See Kalinin in v meeting people