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 Gorki, his son Vladimir (1911-1999) participated in the 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]

Putin's wedding, 1983

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
Wedding of Vladimir Putin and Lyudmila Shkrebneva, 1983

There is very little official information about the family of Vladimir Putin. It is only known that both daughters live and work in Russia, that by 2017 the president had two grandchildren. Many media identify Maria Putin with endocrinologist Maria Vorontsova, the wife of a Dutchman Jorrit Faassen, co-owner of Nomeco; Katerina Tikhonova, wife of billionaire Kirill Shamalov, head of the National Intellectual Development Foundation and Innopraktika, is allegedly identified as Putin's second daughter.

The sources also include other relatives of Vladimir Putin, who have occupied prominent positions in various business structures. These are his cousin Igor Alexandrovich Putin (vice president and board member of Master Bank), cousins Roman Igorevich Putin (chairman of the board of directors of MRT Group of Companies LLC, co-owner of MRT-AVIA) and Mikhail Shelomov. In 2022, the authors of one of the journalistic investigations named Anna Evgenievna Tsivileva, the owner of the large Kolmar coal mining company, the wife of the governor of the Kemerovo Oblast, Sergey Tsivilev, as Putin's cousin.

Origin

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

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, in 1986, a 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, they have completely switched to home schooling. It is known about their fitness and wushu classes, as well as languages they are fluent in English, German, French, and Katerina also knows Korean.[5]

On 6 June 2013, Putin and Lyudmila announced that their marriage was over; on 1 April 2014, the Kremlin confirmed that the divorce had been finalised.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Мама, супруга, дочери. Любимые женщины Владимира Путина | STARHIT". www.starhit.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  2. ↑ "Владимир Путин – личный сайт". Владимир Путин – личный сайт (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  3. ↑ "Путин Владимир Владимирович биография президента России: молодость, возраст, семья, дети, карьера". РБК (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  4. ↑ Могильников, В. А. (2011). "Восходящее родословие В. В. Путина". Генеалогический вестник. pp. 70–86. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. ↑ Ольга Стопинская (2005-04-06). "Отцы и дочки". Люблю! — журнал для женщин. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29.
  6. ↑ "Russia President Vladimir Putin's divorce goes through". BBC News. 2 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  7. ↑ Allen, Cooper (2 April 2014). "Putin divorce finalized, Kremlin says". USA Today. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  8. ↑ MacFarquahar, Neil (13 March 2015). "Putin Has Vanished, but Rumors Are Popping Up Everywhere". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 March 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

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