The first session of the USSR Supreme Soviet's Presidium headed by Mikhail Kalinin. From left to right: Deputy Chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet's Presidium Phillip Makharadze, member of the USSR Supreme Soviet's Presidium Josef Stalin, Chairman of the USSR Supreme Soviet's Presidium Mikhail Kalinin, Secretary of the USSR Supreme Soviet's Presidium Alexander Gorkin. The picture from the Big Soviet Encyclopedia from 1947. Reproduction.