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Family of Vladimir Putin

The family of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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The family of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has served in office from 2000 to 2008 and 2012 to the present, comes from the Russian peasantry. Spiridon Putin (1879–1965) was a cook in Gorky (now known as Nizhny Novgorod), his son Vladimir (1911–1999) participated in World War II, grandson Vladimir (born in 1952) made a career in the KGB and the FSB, in 1999 he became the chairman of the Russian government, in 2000–2008 he served as president of the country which he returned to in 2012.^[1][2]

In 1983, Putin married Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Shkrebneva, who gave birth to two daughters, Maria (1985) and Katerina (1986). By 2014, this marriage was annulled.^[3]

Vladimir Putin with his parents in 1985

Origin[edit]

Putins and related families (Shelomovs, Chursanovs, Buyanovs, Fomins and others) have been peasants of the Tver district since at least the 17th century. The earliest known ancestor of Vladimir Putin was mentioned in 1627–1628 in the scribe book of this county – this is Yakov Nikitin, the bean of the village of Borodino, the parish of the village of Turginovo, the estate of the boyar Ivan Nikitich Romanov (Uncle of Tsar Michael Fedorovich).^[4]

Marriage of Vladimir Putin[edit]

In 1983, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin married Lyudmila Alexandrovna Shkrebneva (later a graduate of the philological faculty of Leningrad University, a teacher of German). In 1985, a daughter, Maria, was born in this family, and in 1986 they had a second daughter, Katerina (both were named after their grandmothers). They studied at the St. Petersburg private gymnasium Petershule (Peterschule) with in-depth study of the German language, then for two years – in Moscow at the Haas School at the German Embassy.

Since 2000, for safety reasons, Putin's daughters have completely switched to home schooling. It is known that they take fitness and wushu classes, and that they are fluent in English, German, and French. Katerina also knows Korean.^[5]

On 6 June 2013, Putin and Lyudmila announced that their marriage was over; on 1 April 2014, the divorce was finalized.^[6][7][8]

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Literature[edit]

• Геворкян Н. П., Тимакова Н. А., Колесников А. И. (2000). От первого лица. Разговоры с Владимиром Путиным. Вагриус. ISBN 5-264-00257-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)