The Story of Putin’s Childhood, Poor Life in the Headquarters of Thugs and Troopers

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President Russia Vladimir Putin become the world’s spotlight for ordering the invasion of Ukraine.

Putin is now referred to as one of the authoritarian leaders who continue to perpetuate power in Russia.

Since Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, many people have been curious about what was on the Russian president’s mind. Mental health to rumors he had cancer filled the cyberspace related to speculation about the mystery of the man’s health.

Not only Putin’s health, Putin’s childhood story is also in the world’s spotlight. Some people are curious about his childhood life until he became the ruler of Russia to this day.

As reported by the official Kremlin website, Putin was born on October 7, 1952 in the city of Leningrad, which is now known as St Petersburg.

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“I come from a normal family, and this is how I’ve lived for a long time, almost my whole life. I live as an ordinary, normal person, and I’ve always kept those connections,” Putin said on the website.

Putin’s mother, Maria Shelomova, is described as a very kind and helpful person.

“We live on cabbage soup, cutlets, pancakes, but on Sundays and holidays, my mother will bake sandwiches. [pirozhki] very tasty, filled with cabbage, meat, rice and pies [vatrushki]”says Putin.

Even so, Putin’s mother did not approve of his decision to study judo.

“Every time I went to train, he would complain,” he said [Putin] go fight again,'” Putin said.

Meanwhile, Putin’s father, Vladimir Putin, had participated in the war. In the 1950s, Putin’s father worked as a security guard, then became a foreman.

“My father was born in St. Petersburg in 1911. When World War I started, life in St. Petersburg became difficult, people were starving, so our whole family moved to Pominovo, a village in the Tver region, which is my grandmother’s hometown. In Pominovo, my father met my mother, and they got married at the age of 17,” Putin said.

After the war, Putin lived in a communal apartment on Baskov Lane, St. Petersburg.

Despite claiming Putin’s life was normal, media outlets said the man lived with rats in his dilapidated apartment.

Little Putin who lives in poverty in an apartment full of rats to noisy hobbies, read on the next page…