Vladimir Putin Biography: He was born on 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, Russia, U.S.S.R (now St. Peter's burg, Russia). He is the current President of Russia and a former intelligence officer. He was also the country's Prime Minister (1999, 2008-12). And know about Vladimir Putin's net worth, early life, wife, age, education, family, political career, awards honors, and more details below here.
Vladimir Putin Biography: He was born in 1952 in Leningrad, U.S.S.R, and now is known as St. Peter burg, Russia. He served around 15 years in the KGB. Currently, he is the President of Russia and is the second-longest current serving European president after Alexander Lukashenko. He was also the Prime Minister from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. Take a look at Vladimir Putin's early life, education, family, political career, awards & honors, etc.
Vladimir Putin: Key Facts
Vladimir Putin Biography: Early Life, Family, Education, Marriage, Children
He was born on 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, Russia, U.S.S.R. (now St. Petersburg, Russia). He is the youngest of three children. His father was Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin and his mother was Maria Ivanov Putin. Vladimir Putin's grandfather named Spiridon Putin was a personal cook to Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin. His mother was a factory worker and his father was a conscript in the Soviet Navy. He served in the submarine fleet in the early 1930s. His father also served in the destruction battalion of the NKVD in early World War II. Later, he was transferred to the regular army and, in 1942, was severely wounded.
Mr. Putin recalls "I come from an ordinary family, and this is how I lived for a long time, nearly my whole life. I lived as an average, normal person and I have always maintained that connection."
Mr. Putin said, "We lived simply – cabbage soup, cutlets, pancakes, but on Sundays and holidays my Mom would bake very delicious stuffed buns [piroshki] with cabbage, meat, rice, and curd tarts."
After the war, Putin's family moved into a room in a communal apartment in a typical St Petersburg dwelling house on the Lane. He attended Primary School No. 193 in Leningrad from 1960-to 68. After eighth grade, he attended High School No. 281. It was a chemistry-focused magnet school under the aegis of a technology institute, and he completed his studies there in 1970.
He did his graduation in 1975. His thesis was on "The Most Favored Nation Trading Principle in International Law". He joined there the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and remained a member until it ceased to exist. He met who was an assistant professor who taught business law. Later, became the co-author of the Russian constitution and the corruption schemes persecuted in France. He married Lyudmila Shkrebneva and the couple has two daughters, Maria and Katerina.
He also provided and announced a list of measures of social protection, support for small and medium-sized enterprises, and changes in fiscal policy. He also announced measures for microenterprises, and small- and medium-sized businesses deferring tax payments except for Russia's value-added tax for the next six months. Also cut the size of social contributions in half, deferring social security contributions, deferring loan repayments for the next six months, a six-month moratorium on fines, debt collection, and creditors' applications for bankruptcy of debtor enterprises.
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