PUTIN’S RUSSIA THE RISE OF A DICTATOR
Dec 07, 2021
3 minutes
BY DARRYL CUNNIGHAM
BORN IN 1952, PUTIN GREW UP IN A COMMUNAL APARTMENT SHARED BY THREE FAMILIES IN ST PETERSBURG, THEN KNOWN AS LENINGRAD. JUST EIGHT YEARS HAD PASSED SINCE THE END OF THE SIEGE OF LENINGRAD, IN WHICH MORE THAN A MILLION OF THE CITY’S INHABITANTS HAD DIED, KILLED BY HUNGER OR BY ARTILLERY FIRE.
MUCH OF WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT PUTIN’S EARLY LIFE COMES FROM A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS HE GAVE IN 2000, PUBLISHED IN THE BOOK , WHICH IS
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