Family photographs are always interesting, and if they are also photographs of the head of state, then it is doubly more interesting. Each photo hides a story, a memory, a destiny and a person's life path. By looking at the family photo archives of Vladimir Putin, we can learn more about his family ties, childhood and adolescence.
Mother - Maria Ivanovna Shelomova. Gave birth to Vladimir at 41
Father - Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin.
The grandfather cook cooked for Lenin and Stalin.
Uncle - Ivan Ivanovich Shelomov
Brother. He died in besieged Leningrad.
My father served in the submarine fleet (photo of 1932).
Uncle saved Putin's mom from starvation during the war
After being wounded, Putin's father worked on a collective farm.
Sasha Grigoriev (right) today heads the FSB department for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region.
Schoolboy
In 1969 we went to Tbilisi for judo competitions. Volodya is second from the left.
with mom. July 1958
with parents before leaving for the GDR. 1985 year.
Vladimir proposed to Luda, and three months later they got married. 1983 year.
This is Lyudmila's favorite photo.
In 1998 he became director of the FSB.
In 1998 he became director of the FSB.
registered Masha in the Leningrad Orphanage.
friends Ira and Sergey Roldugin became Masha's godparents
In Dresden, Masha had a sister, Katya.
The whole family loved the "Caucasian" Kid. He died.
In the GDR he worked in the line of political intelligence.
In Germany, I gained three sizes. I had to lose weight.
I got carried away with mountain skiing when I was a student
Judo is not only a sport, but also a philosophy.
