At what age do you become president? State security bodies. The phenomenon of Putin's Russia

Simple family

Vladimir Putin was born on October 7, 1952 in Leningrad. “I come from a simple family, and I lived this life for a very long time, almost all of my conscious life. I lived like a private normal person, and I always maintain this connection,” Putin recalls.

Mother Maria Ivanovna

Vladimir Putin's mother, Maria Ivanovna Shelomova, was a very gentle, friendly person.

“We lived modestly. That's why we made cabbage soup, cutlets, and then pancakes. And on Sundays and holidays, my mother baked pies with cabbage, meat, rice and cheesecakes, very tasty,” says Putin.

His mother did not approve of his decision to practice judo. “Every time I went to training, she said: “I went to my own fight again.” The situation was corrected by his coach, who came home and told his parents what he was doing, what successes he had achieved, after which the attitude towards playing this sport in the family changed.

Mom baked pies with cabbage, meat, rice and cheesecakes, very tasty.

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Father Vladimir Spiridonovich

Vladimir Putin's father, Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin, was a war participant; in the 50s he served as a security guard at a carriage building plant, and later was a foreman at the plant.

“Father was born in St. Petersburg in 1911. When did the first one begin? World War, life in St. Petersburg became difficult, hungry, and the whole family left for the village of Pominovo in the Tver region, the homeland of my grandmother. The house where they lived, by the way, still stands; relatives go there on vacation. There, in Pominovo, my father met my mother. They got married when they were 17 years old,” says Putin.

Post-war years

After the war, the Putin family settled in a room in a communal apartment, in an ordinary St. Petersburg house on Baskov Lane. Vladimir Putin recalls: “The courtyard is a well, the fifth floor without an elevator. Before the war, my parents had half a house in Peterhof. They were very proud of the standard of living they had then achieved. But what a level it was! But it seemed to them that this was almost the ultimate dream.”

1960s

School years

Was a hooligan, not a pioneer

From 1960 to 1968, Vladimir Putin studied at eight-year school No. 193 in Leningrad. After eighth grade I entered high school No. 281 (special school with a chemical focus on the basis Institute of Technology), from which he graduated in 1970.

I was always late for my first lesson, so even in winter I didn’t have time to properly get dressed.

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Teacher Vera Dmitrievna Gurevich

From first to eighth grade, Vladimir Putin studied at school No. 193. He remembers that he was a hooligan, not a pioneer.

His teacher Vera Dmitrievna Gurevich said: “In the 5th grade he still didn’t show himself very well, but I felt that he had potential, energy, character. I saw a great interest in the language; he grasped it easily. He had a very good memory and flexible mind.

I thought: this boy will be good. I decided to pay more attention to him and not give him the opportunity to communicate with the yard boys.”

Search for priorities

Until the sixth grade, Putin did not have much interest in studying. His teacher Vera Dmitrievna Gurevich understood that the boy could study better, without C grades.

She even met with his father so that he could somehow influence his son. But that didn't really help. Vladimir Putin himself dramatically changed his attitude towards sixth grade classes.

Putin says: “Other priorities had already begun to appear, I had to assert myself in sports, achieve something, other goals appeared. This, of course, had a very strong effect.”

Potential, energy, character

In the sixth grade, Putin set himself the goal that he needed to achieve something in life. He began to study without C grades, which came easily to him. Then he was accepted into the pioneers, and immediately after that he became chairman of the detachment’s council.

“It became clear that yard skills were not enough, and I started playing sports. But this resource did not last long to maintain its, so to speak, status. It was also necessary to study well,” says Putin.

1970s

Higher education

Leningrad State University and KGB Higher School

In 1970, Vladimir Putin entered the Faculty of Law of Leningrad State University, from which he graduated in 1975. In the late 70s - early 80s, Putin graduated from the Moscow KGB Higher School No. 1.

Even before I graduated from school, I had a desire to work in intelligence. True, I soon wanted to become a sailor. But then again as a scout. And at the very beginning I really wanted to be a pilot.

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Sailor? Pilot? Scout.

Even before Vladimir Putin graduated from school, he had a desire to work in intelligence. To find out how one becomes an intelligence officer, he went to the reception room of the KGB Directorate. There he was told that first he needed to either serve in the army or graduate from a university, preferably the Faculty of Law.

“And from that moment I began to prepare for the law department of Leningrad University,” says Putin.

Other incentives, other values

In 1970, Vladimir Putin entered the Faculty of Law of Leningrad state university. “The course consisted of 100 people, and only 10 of them took it straight after school. The rest - after the army. Therefore, for us schoolchildren, the competition was about 40 people per place. I got a B in my essay, but I passed all the rest with A’s and passed,” says Putin.

“When I started studying at the university, other incentives, other values ​​appeared, I mainly focused on my studies, and already treated sports as a secondary matter. But, of course, I trained regularly, and took part in all-Union competitions, although somehow out of inertia, or something,” he recalls.

Organs state security

After Putin graduated from Leningrad State University, he was assigned to work in state security agencies. “My ideas about the KGB arose on the basis of romantic stories about the work of intelligence officers,” says Putin.

He was assigned first to the secretariat of the Directorate, then to the counterintelligence unit, where he worked for about five months. Six months later he was sent to retraining courses for operational personnel.

Putin worked in the counterintelligence unit for about six months.

It was then that foreign intelligence officers paid attention to him. “Quite quickly I left for special training in Moscow, where I stayed for a year. Then he returned again to Leningrad, worked there, as they used to say, in the first department. The first main department is intelligence. This department had divisions in major cities Union, including in Leningrad. I worked there for about four and a half years,” he recalls.

Then Putin again went to Moscow to study at the Andropov Red Banner Institute, where he was prepared for a trip to Germany.

1980s

Wedding and Germany

There was something about him...

After finishing his studies at the Andropov Red Banner Institute, where Vladimir Putin was prepared for a trip to Germany, in 1985 he left for the GDR and worked there until 1990. But before leaving, more than one important event happened in his life...

Wife Lyudmila

Vladimir Putin and Lyudmila Shkrebneva were introduced by a mutual friend. Lyudmila worked as a flight attendant on domestic routes and flew with a friend to Leningrad for three days.

“Once, when I was already working in the first unit in St. Petersburg, a friend called me and said that he was inviting me to the Arkady Raikin theater. He has tickets, the girls will be there. Let's go. There really were girls. The next day we went to the theater again. I already got the tickets. And on the third it’s the same. I started dating one of them. We became friends. With Luda, my future wife"- says Putin. “There was apparently something about Volodya that attracted me. After three or four months, I already decided that he was exactly the person I needed,” recalls Lyudmila. Three years after they met, Vladimir proposed to Lyudmila. “I realized that if I don’t get married for another two or three years, I’ll never get married. Although, of course, the habit of bachelor life has developed. Lyudmila eradicated it,” admits Putin.
On July 28, 1983 they got married.

Vladimir and Lyudmila Putin were married until 2013.

Daughters Maria and Katerina

In 1985, before leaving for Germany, Vladimir and Lyudmila Putin had a daughter, Maria. The youngest Katerina was born in 1986 - already in Dresden.

Both girls were named after their grandmothers: Maria Ivanovna Putina and Ekaterina Tikhonovna Shkrebneva.

According to their mother, Lyudmila, Putin loves his daughters very much. “Not all men treat their children as touchingly as he does. And he always spoiled them, and I had to raise them,” she says.

Dresden

In 1985–1990, Vladimir Putin worked in the GDR. He served at the territorial reconnaissance point in Dresden. Due to his length of service, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and senior assistant to the head of the department. And in 1989 he was awarded a bronze medal "For outstanding services to the National People's Army of the GDR."

“I was doing well at work. It was considered normal if there was one promotion during a work trip abroad. I was promoted twice,” says Putin.

1990s

From Assistant Rector of Leningrad State University to Acting President of the Russian Federation

Leningrad – Moscow

After returning from Germany to Leningrad, Vladimir Putin, since 1990, held the position of assistant to the rector of Leningrad State University for international issues. In 1996, he and his family moved to Moscow, where his political career began.

Leningrad – St. Petersburg

In 1990, after returning from Dresden to Leningrad, Vladimir Putin took a position as assistant to the rector of Leningrad State University for international affairs. “I gladly went “under the roof” of Leningrad State University in the hope of writing a candidate’s thesis, seeing what’s going on there, and maybe staying to work at Leningrad State University. So, in 1990, I became assistant to the university rector for international relations,” Putin recalls.

Soon he became an adviser to the chairman of the Leningrad City Council.

Since June 1991, Putin began working as Chairman of the Committee for External Relations of the St. Petersburg City Hall and at the same time, since 1994, as First Deputy Chairman of the Government of St. Petersburg.

After moving to work at the Leningrad mayor's office, Putin submitted a report for dismissal from the KGB of the USSR.

It probably helped that I didn’t want to be any kind of President.

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Moscow. Prime Minister with a vision

In 1996, Vladimir Putin moved with his family to Moscow, as he was offered the post of Deputy Administrator of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation. “I can’t say that I didn’t love Moscow. I just loved Peter more. But Moscow, quite obviously, is a European city,” Putin recalls.

His career developed rapidly. In March 1997, Putin became deputy head of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, head of the Main Control Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation. Despite his workload, in 1997 he defended his PhD thesis in economics at the St. Petersburg State Mining Institute. In May 1998, Putin was already the first deputy head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation; in July 1998, he was appointed director of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, and at the same time, since March 1999, secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

And already in August 1999, Vladimir Putin became Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation. Russian President Boris Yeltsin offered him this post.

Putin recalls it this way: “Boris Nikolayevich invited me to his place and said that he had an idea to offer me the post of Prime Minister.<...>By the way, in a conversation with me he did not utter the word “successor”. Yeltsin spoke about the “Premier with a Perspective,” that if everything went well, he would consider it possible.”

According to Putin, it was interesting and honorable for him to work in this position: “I thought, well, I’ll work for a year, and that’s good. If I help save Russia from collapse, then I can be proud of that.”

Acting President Russian Federation

Before the New Year 2000, Russian President Boris Yeltsin invited Vladimir Putin to become acting President.

“Two or three weeks before the New Year, Boris Nikolaevich invited me to his office and said that he had decided to leave. Thus, I will have to become acting President,” Putin recalls.

According to him, it was difficult for him to make a decision, since it was “a rather difficult fate.”

“On the one hand, there are our own internal arguments. But there is another logic. Fate is such that you can work at the highest level in the country and for the country. And it’s stupid to say: no, I’ll sell seeds, or no, I’ll go into private legal practice. Well, we can get busy later, after all. First to work here, then there,” Putin explains his choice.

2000s

President and Prime Minister of the Russian Federation

You should always think about the future, always look forward

On March 26, 2000, Vladimir Putin was elected President of the Russian Federation, and on March 14, 2004, he was elected President of the Russian Federation for a second term. On May 8, 2008, by Presidential Decree, he was appointed Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.

President of Russian Federation

Vladimir Putin was elected President of the Russian Federation on March 26, 2000. On May 7, 2000, he took office.

In his inaugural speech, Vladimir Putin said: “We have common goals, we want our Russia to be a free, prosperous, rich, strong, civilized country, a country that its citizens are proud of and respected in the world.” He added that his activities will be guided exclusively by state interests. “It may not be possible to avoid mistakes, but what I can and do promise is that I will work openly and honestly,” Putin said.

I consider it my sacred duty to unite the people of Russia, to gather citizens around clear goals and objectives, and to remember every day and every minute that we have one Motherland, one people, we have one common future.

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Elected President of the Russian Federation for a second term

On March 14, 2004, he was elected President of the Russian Federation for a second term. In his Address to the Federal Assembly on May 26, 2004, Putin stated, in particular: “Our goals are absolutely clear. This is a high standard of living in the country, a life that is safe, free and comfortable. This is a mature democracy and a developed civil society. This is strengthening Russia’s position in the world, and most importantly, I repeat, significant growth welfare of citizens.

Today we know our own capabilities better. We know what resources we have. We understand that it may hinder us in achieving these goals. And we are actively modernizing the state, ensuring compliance with its functions modern stage development of Russia, a stage that provides a significantly higher standard of living.”

Appointed Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation

On May 8, 2008, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin was appointed Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.

“Russia has grown significantly stronger in recent years. We have sufficient resource potential to solve even more complex tasks. The point is to ensure that the potential we have accumulated is used competently, effectively, and properly. For my part, I am ready to make every effort to achieve my goals. To obtain new and significant results, for the sake of the prosperity of the country and a decent life for Russian citizens,” Putin said at a meeting of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

2010s

As Prime Minister

The person should be the center of attention

The Premier's focus is on the individual. According to Putin, power should rely only on the Russian people, and if there is no such support, then there is nothing to do in power. In November 2011, Vladimir Putin was nominated as a candidate for President of the Russian Federation.

Under personal control

Vladimir Putin took personal control of the situation to support citizens who suffered from forest fires in the summer of 2010.

Thus, round-the-clock monitoring of the construction of houses for fire victims was organized. CCTV cameras operating around the clock have been installed at every significant site. Three monitors were displayed: one to the Government House, the second to Vladimir Putin’s home, and the third to the Government website. Relatives of those killed in the fires were paid 1 million rubles in compensation, and each member of the family affected by the fires was paid 100 thousand rubles. All fire victims received new houses and apartments before the onset of winter, or, if desired, monetary compensation. 2.2 thousand families built new houses.

If I take on something, I try to bring it either to its logical conclusion, or, at a minimum, to bring this matter to maximum effect.

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Social measures

Vladimir Putin actively advocates the implementation of measures to develop the agro-industrial complex. “Step by step we are becoming sovereign masters of our food and agricultural markets. And all this is the result of the development of the domestic agro-industrial complex, the visible embodiment of the work of Russian grain growers, livestock breeders, and processors,” he says.

Putin's priority is also to support military personnel and teachers.

As President 2012-2018

In November 2011, participants in the XII Congress of United Russia approved Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as a candidate for President of the Russian Federation.

“The coming years will be decisive for the fate of Russia for decades to come. And we all must understand that the lives of future generations, the historical perspective of the state and our nation depend on us today,” Vladimir Putin said in his inaugural speech on May 7, 2012.

May decrees

On the day he took office, the President signed 11 decrees designed to solve the most significant and sensitive problems for citizens, namely: increasing wages state employees while simultaneously improving the quality of medical, educational and social services; improving living conditions, including for large families and those living in dilapidated buildings; improving the work of government bodies and organizations providing municipal and government services.

Constant monitoring of the implementation of instructions formulated within the framework of the May decrees is carried out by the Commission for Monitoring the Achievement of Target Indicators of Social and Economic Development of Russia, headed by the President.

Olympics 2014 in Sochi

On February 7, 2014, Vladimir Putin launched the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. To hold them, 11 sports facilities with a total capacity of 200 thousand spectator seats were built in the city. In total, 380 structures were erected during the preparation process: coastal and mountain cluster facilities, transport, energy and hotel infrastructure.

2,876 athletes from 88 countries took part in the Games in Sochi. This was the first Winter Olympics in Russian history.

Entry of Crimea into Russia

On March 16, 2014, a referendum was held in Crimea, in which 96 percent of voters were in favor of reunification with Russia. On March 18, in the St. George Hall of the Kremlin, the President addressed both chambers of the Federal Assembly with a request to consider the Constitutional Law on the admission of two new entities to the Russian Federation: the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. The agreement on the annexation of Crimea to Russia was signed immediately after the speech was made.

“In people’s minds, Crimea has always been and remains an integral part of Russia. This conviction, based on truth and justice, was unshakable, passed down from generation to generation, both time and circumstances were powerless before it, all the dramatic changes that our country experienced during the twentieth century were powerless,” Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with deputies of the State Duma, members of the Federation Council, heads of Russian regions and representatives of civil society.

On December 6, 2017, during a visit to the GAZ plant in Nizhny Novgorod, the head of state announced plans to take part in the upcoming elections.

First, let's figure out how long the president is elected for and what this position generally means. The President of the Russian Federation is the highest position in Russia, elected by the people, he is the head of the country. He also performs the functions of governing the state and is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army. So, how long is the President of the Russian Federation elected?

This position first appeared in April 1991, following the results of a referendum held throughout the country. Thus, having approved the results of the referendum, the Supreme Council of Russia issued a law regulating the powers of the head of state, and a law was also issued regarding presidential elections. As a result, in accordance with the laws issued, the elected president became the head of state and leader of the executive branch of Russia, which at that time was a republic consisting of Soviet Union.

The first elections for the post of leader of the Russian Federation took place in the summer, namely on June 12, 1991. In accordance with their results, Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin was elected leader of the Russian Federation.

Who can take part in elections

This right applies only to citizens over the age of 35 who have lived on the territory of the Russian Federation for at least ten years.

How many times in a row can you become President of the Russian Federation? This question arises for many people, and here is the answer: the same person cannot and does not have the right to be elected to the post of head of Russia no more than two times in a row. (but can be elected again after a break of one term).

The election procedure is exactly described in federal law No. 19 “On the election of the President of the Russian Federation.” Under the terms of this law, each participant in the election as head of state is required to present to the CEC at least two million signatures made by persons who are citizens of Russia. Those who don't comply this condition, are automatically excluded from participating in the elections.

In accordance with the constitution, all Russian citizens who have reached the age of 18 can elect the head of the Russian Federation.

How long is the President of the Russian Federation elected?

For how long is the President of the Russian Federation elected? Initially, the reign in Russia was five years. But later, the reign was reduced to four years. However, in 2012, changes took place in the Constitution again and now the presidency in Russia has increased to six years.

• Since the elections are taking place throughout Russia, then there will definitely be an election commission point in your city. Contact the CEC to find out where exactly you can vote.
• The voting date is set, no later than three months, but usually the date is known much earlier. After setting a date, candidates will begin to be nominated, with whom you can familiarize yourself and choose the one that suits you.
• By choosing your candidate and after waiting for the voting date, come to the election commission office (be sure to take your passport with you) and vote.

What rights does the President of the Russian Federation have?

In accordance with the fourth main Constitution of the Russian Federation, the head of state has the following powers:

All issued decrees and bills must comply with the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

Where does the president conduct his activities from?

At the beginning of 2009, the official residences of the leader of the Russian Federation were:

• Kremlin in Moscow.
• « Gorki-9" in the Moscow region.
• « Bocharov Ruchey" in Sochi.
• « Long Beards"or "Valdai" in the Novgorod region.

During the stay of the head of state in the Kremlin office, the presidential standard is raised above the Grand Kremlin Palace.

Places for receiving foreign guests on top level are:

• « Rus» in the Tver region.
• Mayendorf Castle in the Moscow region.

Unofficial residences of the head of state:

• « Pines" in Krasnoyarsk.
• « Volzhsky Utes"in the Samara region.
• « Angarsk farms» near Irkutsk.

President after resignation.

After the end of the presidential term, the former head of state has the right to monthly cash payments in the amount of 75% of the salary of the current President of Russia. Moreover, these payments are for life.

If a person serving a presidential term dies, then his relatives have the right to a benefit equal to six times the minimum old-age pension on the day of death of the head of state.

Even when the presidential term comes to an end, the president will continue to enjoy immunity (will not be prosecuted in criminal cases, will not be subject to detention or interrogation by law enforcement agencies).

List of Presidents of the Russian Federation

• Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin- was the head of state from 1991 to 1999, his reign was 3096 days.
• Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin- was president from 2000 to 2008, and again led the country in 2012. (In accordance with the constitution).
• Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev- served as head of state from 2008 to 2012, his term of office was 1,461 days.

Interesting Facts.

• As you already know, previously the head of state, in accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, was elected for 4 years, but Putin became the first leader of the state to rule for six years.
• At the head of the Russian Federation has his own website on the Internet, where he personally receives requests from citizens of the country.

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Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is the President of the Russian Federation (2000–2008, 2012–present), formerly the Director of the FSB of Russia (1998–1999).

Childhood and family of Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was born in 1952 in Leningrad. “I come from a simple family, and I lived this life for a very long time, almost my entire adult life. I lived like an ordinary normal person, and I always have this connection,” Putin recalled.

Vladimir Putin’s father, Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin, served in the submarine fleet from 1933 to 1934. In June 1941 he was called up to the front. While defending the Nevsky patch, Vladimir Spiridonovich was seriously wounded in the leg. After the war, he worked as a foreman at the Egorov plant.

Mom - Maria Ivanovna Shelomova - survived the blockade, then also worked at the factory.

Vladimir Putin's grandfather was a cook, his dishes were served to the table of the highest government and party officials, including Stalin and Lenin.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is the third son in the family. His two older brothers died in childhood: brother Victor passed away before the war, Albert died during the blockade.

The Putins lived in a communal apartment without amenities on Baskov Lane. After Vladimir Vladimirovich became president, he shared that as a child he loved to watch Soviet films about intelligence officers and dreamed of working in government agencies.

“Even before I graduated from school, I had a desire to work in intelligence. True, I soon wanted to become a sailor. But then again as an intelligence officer...

Until 1965, Vladimir Putin studied at an eight-year school, then graduated from a secondary special school with a chemical focus, then attended the law department of the Leningrad State University. Zhdanov (now St. Petersburg State University). During his student years, he joined the CPSU. As a student, Vladimir Vladimirovich met Anatoly Sobchak, who then held the position of associate professor at Leningrad State University.

Putin's career in the KGB

In 1975, after receiving his diploma, Vladimir Putin was sent to serve in the State Security Committee. In the same year, he received the rank of senior lieutenant of justice in the system of territorial bodies of the KGB of the USSR, having completed training courses for operational personnel.

In 1977, Vladimir Putin served as a counterintelligence officer in the investigative department of the KGB. Leningrad region. In 1979, after completing retraining courses in Moscow, he returned to hometown.

In 1984, with the rank of Major of Justice, Putin was sent to study at the USSR KGB Institute, specializing in Foreign Intelligence. There Vladimir Vladimirovich continued his study German language and was trained for service in the GDR.

Vladimir Putin in the GDR

From 1985 to 1990, Putin worked in the GDR. He served in Dresden, his cover was the position of director of the Dresden House of Friendship of the USSR-GDR. Due to his length of service, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and the position to senior assistant to the head of the department.

In 1989, Vladimir Vladimirovich was awarded a bronze medal "For services to the National People's Army of the GDR."

Putin without a tie

After completing his trip abroad, Vladimir Putin continued to serve in the Leningrad KGB department, refusing to transfer to central office foreign intelligence service of the KGB of the USSR in Moscow.

Vladimir Putin in the administration of St. Petersburg

The next stage in Vladimir Putin’s life was work at Leningrad State University. Zhdanov, where he served as assistant rector for international affairs.

“I gladly went “under the roof” of Leningrad State University in the hope of writing a candidate’s thesis, seeing what’s going on there, and maybe staying to work at Leningrad State University. So, in 1990, I became assistant to the university rector for international relations,” he recalled.

Putin was recommended to Anatoly Sobchak as good worker, and in 1990, the future president of the country became an adviser to the mayor of St. Petersburg. With the transition to new job Putin submitted a report for dismissal from the KGB of the USSR.

In the new place, Putin was entrusted with the position of Chairman of the Committee for External Relations of the Administration of St. Petersburg; in 1994, Vladimir Vladimirovich was appointed First Deputy Chairman of the Government of St. Petersburg, retaining his previous position. A year later, he took the helm of the regional branch of the NDR party.

Vladimir Putin about Ukraine

In 1992, a group of Leningrad City Council deputies led by Yuri Gladkov and Maria Salye brought charges against Putin for fraud in the program of supplying St. Petersburg with food in exchange for raw materials. Putin argued that Salye’s commission did not actually conduct any investigation, and there was no one to prosecute and there was nothing to prosecute. The scandal was stirred up so that Sobchak would fire Putin.

Vladimir Putin's work in Moscow

In three years, Putin rose from deputy director for presidential affairs to secretary of the Security Council. In 1996, after Sobchak’s failure in the gubernatorial elections, Vladimir Vladimirovich was invited to Moscow to the post of Deputy Administrative Officer of the President of the Russian Federation. Putin oversaw the legal management and management of Russia's foreign property.

“I can’t say that I didn’t love Moscow. I just loved Peter more. But Moscow, quite obviously, is a European city,” Putin said about his transfer.

In the spring of 1997, Vladimir Putin was appointed deputy head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, replacing Alexei Kudrin.

In the summer of 1998, he headed the Russian FSB, and in the fall he successfully reorganized the structure. Six months later, Vladimir Putin took the post of Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation while maintaining his position in the FSB.

On May 8, 2008, Vladimir Putin was approved as Chairman of the Russian Government, and on May 12 he announced the composition of the new government. In November 2010, Putin was ranked 4th in the list of the most influential people on the planet according to Forbes magazine.

On September 24, 2011, Putin agreed to run for president of Russia. Then, at the United Russia party congress, his words evoked applause. By the way, already in November 2011 in Forbes ranking Vladimir Vladimirovich already took second place.

In the presidential elections on March 4, 2012, Putin won in the first round with 63.6% of the votes, and on May 7 he took office as head of state for the third time.

Vladimir Putin's third presidential term faced difficult times. historical events. Russia’s position on the Ukrainian crisis and the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation, the victorious performance of Russian athletes at the Olympics and Paralympics in Sochi, the successful military operation in Syria – all this could not but affect the rating of the country’s first person. Survey data published in October 2015 by VTsIOM indicates that 89.9% of Russians approve of Vladimir Putin’s actions.

Vladimir Putin about the 2014 Sochi Olympics

Personal life of Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich met his future wife Lyudmila in 1980, and on July 28, 1983 they got married. Two years later, before leaving for Germany, their first daughter, Maria, was born, and a year later, in one of the maternity hospitals in Dresden, the second, Catherine, was born. Both girls graduated from St. Petersburg State University. According to unofficial data, on August 15, 2012, Maria gave birth to a son. The privacy of Putin's daughters is guarded very carefully.

On June 6, 2013, in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel, Vladimir and Lyudmila Putin announced the dissolution of their marriage by mutual decision. This information was discussed in the media for quite a long time. The allegedly existing relationship between Vladimir Vladimirovich and Putin on a Harley-Davidson was cited as the reason for the divorce

He listens with pleasure to the songs of Nikolai Rastorguev and the Lyube group, Grigory Leps, and gypsy music.

Speaks fluent German and English.

Vladimir Putin wears a watch only on right hand. Why? “So the crown doesn’t rub my hand, that’s the whole secret,” the president revealed a secret that interests many.

The president has many pets, almost all of them gifts from influential politicians. Vladimir Vladimirovich has a Bulgarian shepherd dog Buffy (a gift from the Prime Minister of Bulgaria Boyko Borisov), an Akita Inu Yume (a gift from the Governor of Akita Prefecture Norihisa Satake), as well as a goat named Skazka (a gift from Yuri Luzhkov) and a dwarf horse Vadik (a gift from the President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev) . Previously, the president's favorite dog was a black Labrador named Connie, who passed away in 2014.

Vladimir Putin at a December 2017 press conference

According to the election results, Vladimir Putin won with 76.69% of the votes. The presidential inauguration took place on May 7. The president arrived at the ceremony in a “Cortege” limousine with armored glass, which cost 200 thousand rubles. Putin's inauguration was attended by 5 thousand people. Vladimir Vladimirovich took the oath and became the head of Russia for the 4th time.

Distant and Last year The 20th century became a turning point in the history of our country. That year, a number of events occurred that determined the course of Russian history in the first two decades of the 21st century. The year 1999 preceded the beginning of V.V.’s first presidential term. Putin and was full of fatal and terrible events. The beginning of the second aggressive election campaign before the December 19 elections to the State Duma, terrorist attacks in Moscow and Volgodonsk, attacks by Basayev and Khattab gangs on villages in Dagestan, criminal showdowns, the war in Serbia, etc. That year there was a crisis political power brought the country to the brink of disaster. Since what year has Putin been president and how has his election affected the history of our country in the 21st century?

Crisis of political power

The complete failure of economic reforms, the consequences of the devaluation of the national currency, which began a year earlier, and many other circumstances made Boris Yeltsin an extremely unpopular figure in the eyes of the overwhelming majority of voters. No amount of political advertising or manipulation could ensure B.N.’s victory. Yeltsin in the upcoming elections of 2000, as happened in 1996. The campaign to impeach the president, which unfolded in the State Duma, threatened to escalate into the prosecution and punishment of those responsible for the plunder of the country - B.N. Yeltsin and the people behind him. The leading opposition parties - "Fatherland - All Russia" and the Communists - directly laid the blame for failed reforms and the plunder of the country by the family of President B.N. Yeltsin and the oligarchs. Slogans and statements of this nature emanating from the opposition found broad support among ordinary voters and were real threat for the ruling Yeltsin elite.

The phenomenon of Putin's Russia

Of the year Russian history begins more consistent and progressive development, acquires some certainty and stability, and is characterized by a number of economic and political achievements. This can be called the phenomenon of Putin's Russia, but before the March 2000 elections, no specific historical paradigm existed. hides a lot of alternative historical options, which were all rejected in the State Duma elections in December 1999 and in the presidential elections in 2000. All but one.

Since what year did Putin legally become the President of Russia?

V.V. Putin won on March 26, 2000, with almost 53% of the vote. Since what year has Putin been President of the Russian Federation? The first term began on May 7, the date of the inauguration. Putin's closest competitor in these elections was G. Zyuganov, who received significantly fewer votes - 29.2%. But at the time of the March elections, V.V. Putin was already acting president, so 2000 is not the date that should be considered the beginning of his presidency.

Since what year has Putin been President of the Russian Federation? In fact, V.V. Putin began to fully perform presidential functions earlier, namely from December 31, 1999, when he was appointed to this position by the previous Russian President B.N. Yeltsin. It was on the last day of the year 1999 that V.V. Putin received from the hands of B.N. Yeltsin the entire range of presidential powers. In the morning, at 11 o’clock, in the presence of the patriarch and in a solemn atmosphere, the first president of Russia transferred presidential powers to V.V. Putin. The new president was also given all the attributes of state power, including the “nuclear briefcase.” The first presidential decree was a document guaranteeing the immunity of B.N. Yeltsin and members of his family, and also promising not to prosecute these people. Since what year has Putin been president for the first time? The beginning of the first presidential term should be counted from May 7, 2000, when the inauguration took place.

What year did Putin become president and what preceded it?

Appointment of V.V. A number of dramatic events preceded Putin's assumption of the country's highest position. To the richest people, standing behind B.N. Yeltsin, who actively used influence on the highest authorities in the country for the sake of even greater personal enrichment, needed a new politician capable of leading the country, maintaining preferences in power for the former elite and giving them security guarantees. One of these influential people was B.A. Berezovsky, who was the actual owner of the first TV channel. Thanks to aggressive election campaign, which took place in the fall of 1999 before the elections to the Duma, through the efforts of these people it was possible to collect enough votes to form one of the largest factions “Unity” (“Bear”), which was supposed to become the power base of the new President V.V. Putin, who was at that time the chairman of the government. Appointment of V.V. Putin's appointment as acting president of the country was preceded by a very difficult election campaign aimed at winning the ratings of both the future president and the parliamentary majority in the upcoming elections.

Features of the election campaign of the second president of Russia 1999-2000

The main emphasis in this election campaign was on the war in Chechnya, the fight against terrorism and establishing order in the country. The head of the FSB, V.V., was chosen as the main character. Putin, who was appointed Prime Minister in August 1999. In those days, the powers of the chairman of the government were actively used to achieve success in an independent political career. Prime Minister Primakov, dismissed in May 1999, headed together with Luzhkov political party, which has become a real threat to the ruling elite ahead of the December elections. The political significance of the figure of the chairman of the government increased sharply against the background of President B.N., who was losing popularity. Yeltsin.

Further actions aimed at revealing a positive image of the new Russia were associated with overcoming the threats of terrorism and war in Chechnya. Channel One B.A. Berezovsky actively criticized both the Luzhkov-Primakov party and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. This time was remembered by all Russian citizens for the Friday appearances on Channel One by the famous TV presenter Dorenko. The fight against Chechen terrorism unfolded throughout the country, and military operations began in Chechnya itself, the successes of which could be interpreted through the media controlled by the authorities as victorious. The charismatic image of the new Russian politician V.V. From the very beginning, Putin began to be perceived as the image of an uncompromising fighter for state interests, capable of defending the country.

When Putin actually came to power

Since what year has Putin been de facto president? If the Putin era officially began in 2000, based on the will of the people, then Putin’s actual presidency began a little earlier. It can be considered that it began with the decree of the first Russian President B.N. Yeltsin on the appointment of V.V. Putin to the acting position at the end of 1999. Or maybe it’s worth considering that his presidency began even earlier - with work as chairman of the government since August 1999, when in the hands of V.V. Putin concentrated an extremely large amount of power and began to form features modern Russia, which historians will later call Putin’s?

Popular support is the key to the success of presidential power

From what year did Putin become president of Russia, from this year we need to count the beginning of a new era. Many features of the reign of the second president of our country have emerged since 1999, when the country approached a historical fork in the road and was actually on the verge of collapse, complete anarchy and civil war. Historical realities forced V.V. Putin to act toughly, uncompromisingly, at the same time, he had to not lose popularity with Russian voters, “be in the picture,” present evidence of real deeds and achievements, speak brightly and figuratively, understanding that only the support of the majority is the key to the success of all his affairs and beginnings.

The first steps of the country's new leader

Since what year has Putin been president and new politician? It is possible that in 1999 Russian history had many alternative paths of development, but since 2000 there are no alternatives left. V.V. Putin did not leave a single chance to influence the history of the country for many people who had previously been very influential. That year, two Russian oligarchs lost their influence at once - V. Gusinsky and B. Berezovsky. The course taken by the new president to fight the oligarchs in 2000 was continued in the future, but the methods of struggle that were used in the first year of V.V. Putin, remained approximately the same. V. Gusinsky controlled his own NTV channel and supported the Luzhkov-Primakov “Fatherland - All Russia” party in the parliamentary election race. Critics regarded the change in NTV leadership as a direct fight against dissent.

What were the true and preferences of the new president

An interesting tactical move that slightly reveals the true political preferences of the new president. To create a parliamentary coalition of the majority, the party of V.V. Putin’s “Bear” teamed up with the Communist Party of the Russian Federation - its ideological opponents. Luzhkov's party, behind which Gusinsky stood, Yabloko and other political forces, which are now called the fifth column, did not then gain control over any of the committees in the State Duma. Behind the president's rhetoric about his commitment to the ideas of the free market, there was always a determination to make tough adjustments to economic processes when necessary.

The fate of political opponents

Since what year has Putin been President of Russia, since that time has the sunset of the era of Yeltsin’s oligarchs begun. In June 2000, V. Gusinsky, in exchange for freedom and the opportunity to go abroad, “voluntarily” transferred his property and the media he owned to those businessmen who supported the new president in all elections. B. Berezovsky also left the country, relinquishing his parliamentary powers, under the threat of prosecution for fraud, which he abused during the reign of B. Yeltsin. The ORT channel has ceased to be dependent on previous owner. The removal of large oligarchs from politics and depriving them of the opportunity to support opposition movements to the existing government became an important guarantee of the success of such a long reign of the second president of Russia. The oligarchs lost their influence one by one, and the power of the new president continued to strengthen. In 2004, the year from which Putin became president for the second time, the trial in the Yukos case was in full swing, the main defendant - oligarch Khodorkovsky - was in custody, and the tactics of dealing with unwanted oligarchs remained the same.

The fight for the country or the fight for power

It is difficult to say to what extent the methods of fighting the oligarchs who left the political scene were legal, but popular support for V.V. This did not diminish Putin’s presence at all. Fighting in the Chechen Republic resulted in even greater losses than in the previous military campaign, and the course of military operations was not always brilliant, but everyone understood perfectly well that the interests of the country were at stake. Voters forgave the second president for many controversial decisions and in the subsequent years of V.V. Putin, because they believed that their expediency was ultimately dictated by the interests of the state and the common good. Since what year has Putin been president 2 times? This happened in 2004, when Russian citizens again supported the second president in the elections. And in 2004, and in 2012, after another victory in the presidential elections, and in 2014, when the tragic events happened in Ukraine, the popularity of the second president continues to remain unrivaled.

High rated question

Propaganda played an important role in this issue. Even in the first presidential race, V.V. Putin relied on a bright shot that creates a positive image of a person who is unable to put his personal and selfish interests above the interests of the entire society. Flying a fighter jet, riding a alpine skiing, participation in judo sparring, military bearing - all these elements of the image of V.V. Putin clearly entered the consciousness of most people from his first days in power. How could Vladimir Vladimirovich have changed when he became a public figure from the very year that Putin became president? Last term of V.V. Putin slightly changed the details of the image, but the logic of the second president’s political decisions generally remains the same.

Name: Vladimir Putin

Age: 64 years old

Place of Birth: Leningrad

Height: 170 cm

Weight: 77 kg

Activity: President of the Russian Federation

Family status: Divorced

Vladimir Putin - biography

He never told reporters which one New Year's holidays he remembered most of all. But there is no doubt that one of the most important dates in his biography it became January 1, 2000, when Russia celebrated the year with a new head named Vladimir Putin.

The future president was born and raised in the city on the Neva, in an ordinary Leningrad communal apartment. Volodya's father, Vladimir Spiridonovich, a front-line soldier, worked as a foreman at a factory. Mother Maria Ivanovna worked in many places - she was a janitor, watchman, watchman. But most of all she cared about the house and her only son.

Vladimir Putin - childhood biography

Volodya was the third child in the family. The first boy died in infancy, the second died of diphtheria during the siege. When Volodya was born, his father and mother were no longer young - 41 years old. However, there was not even a hint of cooing and indulging in childish pranks in the family. As one of the boys who lived next door recalled, his acquaintance with the future president happened quite casually: “We were 6-7 years old when Aunt Marusya, Putin’s mother, brought little Vovka to us: “Guys, this is my son Vova. Accept him.” to your company and don’t offend.” However, no one was in a hurry to follow her request.

Post-war children of Leningrad... They were a special caste. The elders, those who survived the siege, enjoyed absolute authority. Their word was law. If one of the younger ones decided to disobey, he was punished. It was even worse to complain to parents or teachers about beatings: the boy would forever become an outcast.

Due to the proximity of the Nekrasovsky market, pickpockets, criminals and just hooligans were constantly hanging around in the courtyard of the house where the Putins lived. And the reason why the house in Baskov Lane, where the Putin family lived, became a magnet for punks, was quite ordinary. If someone cut a wallet or stole a piece of meat, this is where he left the police. I dived into the basement window, and then went out into the neighboring Sapper Lane. Along the way, he dropped evidence or hid something valuable...

The Putins lived poorly, from paycheck to paycheck, but Volodya never felt deprived. On New Year Mom prepared the festive table, father put on a festive shirt, and everyone listened to the Kremlin chimes on the radio. Then they went to congratulate their neighbors, communicate and discuss plans for the next year.

One of the neighbors with whom the Putins were friends was Anna Osipovna Sharapova. God did not give her children, so neighbor Volodya, in a sense, replaced her son. That's what she called him - son. And this was not an exaggeration, because Aunt Anya also became his godmother. Volodya’s mother succumbed to the persuasion of a pious neighbor, and the two of them, secretly from their principled communist father, baptized the boy a month and a half after birth - in the Transfiguration Cathedral, which was located not far from the house. Even today, when he comes to his hometown, the President tries to visit the church on Preobrazhenskaya Square.

Vladimir Putin - school biography

Today it is difficult to imagine that this self-possessed and correct person in childhood was not at all an exemplary boy. Vladimir Vladimirovich himself frankly admitted in one of his interviews: “I was a hooligan, not a pioneer!” To the surprise of the journalist: “Are you flirting?!”, Putin clarified: “You are offending. I really was a punk."

Since Volodya was born in October, he went to school at almost eight years old. It was the most ordinary eight-year school. At first, the future president’s studies were unimportant. “I was always late for the first lesson, so even in winter I didn’t have time to properly get dressed,” he recalled. Putin's behavior was also far from ideal. And Volodya was accepted into the pioneers not in the third grade, as excellent students, but only in the sixth.

And once he almost committed a political provocation. In 1961, after the debunking of Stalin’s personality cult, portraits of the “father of nations” began to be thrown out of state institutions. Putin found one of them and, together with a friend, hung it on the wall of the house. In the morning, the residents were stunned: only yesterday on the radio they heard about Stalin’s criminal regime, and today his portrait adorns the wall! Fortunately, the local police officer quickly realized that this was someone’s prank, and, having removed the portrait, he told everyone: “You didn’t see anything.”

Watching the film “Shield and Sword” played a decisive role in choosing a future profession for Volodya. Before that, he dreamed of becoming a civil aviation pilot, but the adventure film changed everything. The teenager firmly decided that he would become a scout. “Vovka had a fixed idea, he constantly told us: to become a real intelligence officer, you need to harden yourself,” recalled his childhood friend Vladimir Bogdanov. - He forced us to jump naked into a snowdrift in winter.

After which everyone lay with a sore throat, and Putin received a scolding from his father. And one day he took my brother and I to swim on an ice floe. The game was called - race for survival. It was the beginning of spring. The first ice began to flow along the Neva. We stripped down to our shorts and jumped onto the ice floes. It was necessary to show strength of character - they checked which of us would last longer on the floating ice floe.”

For the sake of his dream, Vladimir began to study without grades and took up sports. He ended up with a good judo coach, Anatoly Rakhlin, who made him a real professional.

Vladimir Putin - biography personal life, career in the KGB

In his quest to become an intelligence officer, Vladimir Vladimirovich came to the KGB reception room to find out how to get into the special services. “We don’t take initiative,” he was dumbfounded. “We choose ourselves.” To the question “how?” a lengthy answer was received: “Go to law school. You can't go wrong." Putin did just that. But time passed, and no one offered him to become a scout. He even began to look for alternative options careers. Already in his fifth year, a KGB officer approached Vladimir Vladimirovich and offered to talk about future employment.

Then there was study under the KGB and service for the benefit of the Motherland. The future president did not forget about his personal life. Young officer for a long time met a girl whose name remained a secret. A physician by training, smart, well-read, but... something didn’t work out. The couple had already submitted an application to the registry office when Vladimir Vladimirovich decided to separate from his bride. “Parents on both sides bought everything - rings, a suit, a dress... - the president recalled - It was one of the most difficult decisions in life. It was very difficult. I looked like the last scoundrel. But I decided that it was better now than to suffer later for both her and me.”

And at the age of 29, Putin met a flight attendant; they were introduced by a mutual friend. She flew to Vladimir Vladimirovich in Leningrad on dates from Kaliningrad. This went on for almost three years. After the wedding, the young couple moved into the groom’s parents’ modest two-room apartment in Avtovo. Later, their daughters, Maria and Catherine, were born one after another. The girls were named after their grandmothers.

Vladimir Putin - President of Russia

Service in Germany, work at Leningrad University, the mayor's office of St. Petersburg, and then in the office of the President of Russia... Colleagues everywhere noted Putin's honesty and decency. Finally, on a December evening in 1999, President Yeltsin summoned the prime minister. “Two or three weeks before the New Year, Boris Nikolaevich invited me to his office and said that he had decided to leave. Thus, I will have to become acting president,” recalls Vladimir Vladimirovich.

Over the years that Putin has been at the helm of Russia, the crumbling, half-dead state has begun to regain its former strength, turning into a modern and strong power. And, despite the current economic difficulties, people still trust him. And therefore, this New Year, millions of Russians, as usual, will turn on their TVs to hear a familiar muffled voice against the backdrop of the Kremlin wall, blue fir trees and chimes.

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