Quote of the day
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Mikhail Kalinin
Born: November 19, 1875
Died: June 3, 1946 (aged 70)
Bio: Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin, known familiarly by Soviet citizens as "Kalinych", was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist Leninist functionary, who served as head of state of the Russian SFSR and later of the Soviet Union from 1919 to 1946.