[2] Kalinin was born on 10 March 1937 in Malye Kurashki village in the Lyskovsky District of Gorky Oblast.

In the same year, he transferred to become deputy commander of the 105th Guards Airborne Division.

In 1977, he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff, after which Kalinin became a corps commander.

Kalin was appointed deputy commander of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany in 1985.

[4] Kalinin died on 7 March 2008 at the age of 70, three days before his 71st birthday.