The autobiography of Putin Lyudmila Alexandrovna does not shine with scandalous events, this is a story about the life of a simple woman from an ordinary family, who was destined to become the wife of the president of a great country.
Lyudmila Putin, nee Shkrebneva, is a native of the city of Kaliningrad. Born on January 6, 1958 in the family of Alexander and Ekaterina Shkrebnev. They were ordinary working people, my father worked at a mechanical repair factory, and my mother was a cashier of a motorcade.
In 1975, Lyudmila became a graduate of Kaliningrad secondary school N8, and then a student of the Kaliningrad Technical Institute with a degree in engineering, but she took the documents after studying for only two years. This was followed by training in flight attendant courses in Minsk and 2 years as a flight attendant on domestic flights from Kaliningrad.
The autobiography of Putin Lyudmila could have been completely different if in 1981 she had not received a ticket to Leningrad. It was there that she met her future husband, Vladimir Putin, who was then an employee of the Leningrad KGB department. It happened at a humorous concert by Arkady Raikin.
Lyudmila decided to stay in Leningrad and tried to enroll in a philologist at Leningrad State University. Zhdanova. However, the attempt was unsuccessful, after which she studied at the preparatory department. As a result, in 1986 Lyudmila nevertheless graduated from the coveted university with a degree in philological novelist, specializing in Spanish.
On July 28, 1983, on board the Neva ship, they played a wedding with Vladimir Putin. Their family life began in a communal apartment with their parents, and only in the summer of 1987 did they receive their new two-bedroom apartment on Sredneohtinsky Prospekt. Here they lived until 1992, when Lyudmila and Vladimir purchased a separate apartment on Vasilievsky Island and moved from their parents.
From 1990 to 1994, Lyudmila teaches German at Leningrad State University. In the 90s, she also held the position of head of the Trussardi boutique owned by the creator of Leningrad-IMPEX Nikolay Khrameshkin.
The autobiography of Putin Lyudmila contains information about an important turning point: in 1993, in her native Kaliningrad, she gets into a car accident. Having been seriously wounded, having suffered 2 operations and a long rehabilitation after them, Lyudmila turns to faith in God. Her confessor, nun Lyudmila, serves in the Snetogorsky monastery, which is located in the Pskov region.
In early 2001, Lyudmila founded the Center for the Development of the Russian Language in her native Kaliningrad. In 2002, she sharply criticized the spelling reform promoted by the Academy of Sciences.
Lyudmila Putin, whose autobiography has never been published, has been active in public activities and has been awarded several significant awards:
- In 2002, for supporting the German language in Russia, Lyudmila was awarded the prize. Jacob Grimm (35,000 euros).
- In December 2002, the president’s wife became the winner of the prize of the international association “Rukhaniyat” for her contribution to Kyrgyz-Russian relations.
- In October 2005, Lyudmila received the title of Honorary Professor of Eurasian University . Gumilyov, which is located in Astana.
Lyudmila Putin is fluent in three languages: French, Spanish and English.
In a marriage with Vladimir Putin, they had two daughters: Maria (born 1985) and Catherine (born 1986). Both girls are named after their grandmothers - the mothers of Lyudmila and Vladimir. Lyudmila's daughters studied at a language school at the German Embassy and also know three languages: German, French and English. Both studied at St. Petersburg State University. The eldest daughter was educated at the Faculty of Biology, the youngest at the philological faculty, studied Japanese.
Lyudmila’s autobiography of Putin says that in 2013, unfortunately, their long-term marriage with Vladimir Putin broke up, which they officially announced to television journalists.