Lyudmila Alexandrovna Putina

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Lyudmila Putina in adolescence
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Lyudmila Alexandrovna Putina ( Russian Людмила Александровна Путина , née Schkrebnewa (Russian Шкребнёва); born January 6, 1958 in Kaliningrad , Soviet Union ) is a Russian linguist and was the wife of Vladimir Putin from 1983 to 2013 .

Life

Initially, Putina worked as a stewardess in Kaliningrad. Eventually she studied French and Spanish at the Leningrad State University .

On July 28, 1983, Putina married the then KGB officer Vladimir Putin in Leningrad. The two have two daughters, Maria Wladimirowna (* 1985 in Leningrad) and Jekaterina Wladimirowna (* 1986 in Dresden ). The daughters attended the German School Moscow and the State University of Saint Petersburg .

From 1986 to 1990 she lived with her husband and daughters in Dresden, where she also learned the German language. From 1990 to 1994 she worked as a German teacher in Saint Petersburg .

After Putina was involved in a life-threatening car accident in 1993, she confessed to the Russian Orthodox faith.

In 2002, Eberhard Schöck presented her with the Jacob Grimm Prize for her contribution to the German language in Russia .

In June 2013, a month before their 30th wedding anniversary, the Putins announced that their marriage was over and they had separated amicably. The couple justified the separation by saying that the office of president needed most of his time and that she was displeased with the public lifestyle associated with the office. In April 2014, it was publicly confirmed that the marriage was divorced.

Web links

Commons : Lyudmila Alexandrovna Putina  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Helmut Glück , Walter Krämer , Eberhard Schöck (ed.): German Language Culture Prize 2002 - Speeches and Speeches . Paderborn 2002, ISBN 3-931263-36-3 .
  2. ^ Russian President: Putin and wife Lyudmila split up . In: Spiegel Online from June 6, 2013, accessed on June 10, 2013
  3. Russia's Vladimir Putin and wife Lyudmila divorce . In: BBC June 6, 2013, accessed June 10, 2013
  4. ^ After Night at Ballet, Russia's First Couple Announces Divorce. In: RIA Novosti, June 6, 2013, accessed June 10, 2013
  5. The divorce in the Putin house is public. handelsblatt.com, April 2, 2014, accessed April 2, 2014