Biography of Putin: The Modern Warmonger

1. Introduction

President Vladimir Putin has been Russia's president since May 7, 2000, when the new chief of the small and economically stagnant Russian Federation succeeded Boris Yeltsin. With a mediocre background in politics, Putin was the first President not to have graduated from a university, but he skillfully leveraged his connections to seize power. He was born on October 7, 1952, as an only child. When he was in his teens, his father, Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin, worked as a conscript in Soviet Navy while his mother worked in a samovar factory.

Most spectators at first saw Putin as a conditional pioneer; with his useful and technocratic way of dealing with fixing issues; he showed up more as a reasonable supervisor than a political pioneer. Be that as it may, as he moved towards his subsequent term, his expanded declaration of leader powers has provoked a few onlookers to change their good faith in regards to Russia's possibilities for democracy, seeing Putin's activities as a potential turn towards the oppressive rule.

2. Early Life

Vladimir Putin was born to Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin and Maria Ivanovna Putina. His birth date was 7 October 1952. His family lived in Leningrad Soviet Union, which is being renamed Saint Petersburg now. He was the only surviving child among two brothers Viktor and Albert, who were born in the mid-1930s.

Vladimir Putin’s mother, Maria Ivanovna Putina, was a very kind, benevolent person. She used to get by working in an industrial facility. His dad was an individual from the Soviet Navy who served in the submarine fleet during the 1930s. His dad additionally partook in the war.

Following the war, his parents moved to a communal apartment (kommunalka). It was a regular St Petersburg harping house on Baskov Lane. His family used to share two rooms there.

He finished his initial schooling at Leningrad's Primary School No. 193 from 1960 to 1968. He entered secondary school no. 281, a science-centered magnet school under the aegis of an innovation establishment, after eighth grade and finished his education there in 1970.

At age 12, he began practicing sambo and judo. He is a judo black belt and national master of sports in Sambo. Until sixth grade, he was not extremely keen on books.

3. Professional Life

He was admitted to Leningrad State University in 1970. He went there to concentrate on law and graduated in 1975. In the last part of the 1970s and mid-1980s, Mr. Putin went to Moscow's KGB School No. 1.

After the completion of his training, he served as the Second Chief Directorate. His occupation was to screen outsiders and consular authorities in Leningrad. By considering his loyalty, he was promoted to First Chief Directorate. He also served in Dresden, East Germany. There he was assigned an under-cover operation under the identity of a translator.

Putin got back to Leningrad in mid-1990, after the fall of the Communist East German government (Berlin Wall), where he labored for quite a long time with the International Affairs part of Leningrad State University.

4. Before Presidency

Putin grew up in tough environs in St. Petersburg. But, over time, he honed his skills as a cunning street fighter and a scrappy underdog. His ambition was rewarded with a position as a KGB officer in the Soviet intelligence services.

He was profoundly drumbling of the Soviet Union. He was very troubled when he returned from Germany to his hometown. He felt dishonored.

His carrier rise was rapid. Varioisturbed by the fall of the Berlin Wall, which was trailed by the cus events favoring him took place. He served in the following prestigious positions from 1997 to 1999 before holding the seat of the presidency: Read more