Moreover, the name also remains contentious as Mikhail Kalinin was one of the Soviet officials who ordered the execution of more than 21,000 Polish prisoners after the Soviet Red Army invaded ...
Kaliningrad takes its name from Mikhail Kalinin, a Bolshevik revolutionary who served as the head of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and later of the Soviet Union. “No matter ...
Polish officials argued that the name "Kaliningrad" is artificial and offensive, as it commemorates Soviet politician Mikhail Kalinin, who played a role in the Katyn massacre of over 20,000 Poles ...
Kalinin K-7: Technical Specifications The Russian ... from Kharkiv with Soviet test pilot Mikhail Gromov. The flight was very brief and revealed some severe issues, including instability and ...