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Biography of Vladimir Putin
Name: Vladimir Putin
Birth Date: October 1, 1952
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: Leningrad, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Gender: Male
Occupations: president
Vladimir Putin
When Vladimir Putin (born 1952) was appointed prime minister of Russia, very little was known about his background. This former Soviet intelligence agent entered politics in the early 1990s and rose rapidly. By August of 1999, ailing President Boris Yeltsin appointed him prime minister. When Yeltsin stepped down that December, Putin became the acting president. He went on to win the March 2000 election to retain his presidential post.Putin (POO-teen) was born on October 1, 1952, in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia. He is an only child. His father, a decorated war veteran, was a foreman in a metal factory. He died in August of 1999, the week his son was appointed prime minister of Russia. Putin's mother, who did not work outside the home, died a year and a half before that. Growing up in Leningrad, Putin lived with his parents in a communal apartment with two other families. Though religion was not permitted …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…Person: An Astonishingly Frank Self-Portrait by Russia's President Vladimir Putin, PublicAffairs, 2000.Business Week, April 24, 2000, p. 151.Economist, January 8, 2000, p. 19; January 15, 2000, p. 49.Insight on the News, September 6, 1999, pp. 6, 18; January 31, 2000, p. 14; February 14, 2000, p. 20.Maclean's, January 10, 2000, p. 25; January 17, 2000, p. 46.Nation, April 17, 2000, p. 3.Newsweek, January 10, 2000, p. 52; January 17, 2000, p. 30.New Yorker, December 20, 1999, p. 33.New York Times, January 1, 2000, p. A11; January 10, 2000, p. A8; January 17, 2000, p. A6; January 20, 2000, p. A12; February 20, 2000, p. A1; March 8, 2000, p. A5; March 20, 2000, p. C14; March 22, 2000, p. A1; March 24, 2000, p. A1; March 27, 2000, p. A1; March 28, 2000, p. A11; April 15, 2000, p. A1; May 8, 2000, p. A1.New York Times Magazine, March 19, 2000, p. 62.People, February 28, 2000, p. 125.Time, December 31, 1999, p. 210; January 1, 2000, p. 90.U.S. News and World Report, January 3, 2000, p. 26.Wall Street Journal, December 20, 1999, p. A18; January 24, 2000, p. A26."Newsmakers: Vladimir Putin," ABC News web site, http://www.abcnews.go.com (May 3, 2000)."Vladimir Putin: Spy Turned Politician," BBC News Online web site, January 1, 2000, http://news.bbc.co.uk (May 3, 2000).
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