Introducing About A Boy: The Story of Vladimir Putin

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About a Boy: The Story of Vladimir Putin
About a Boy: The Story of Vladimir Putin

In the West, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is always seen as one of two things: KGB spy or judo master. But to anyone who’s ever lived in the Soviet Union, Putin is something else entirely: a street kid. Join journalist Julia Ioffe as she explores how Putin’s childhood taught h ...  Afficher plus

Chapter 3: The Punk
About a Boy: The Story of Vladimir Putin

Putin grows up as a small, scrawny kid in a poor neighborhood with few ways up. Enter judo and the KGB. 

Chapter 1: The Ghosts
About a Boy: The Story of Vladimir Putin

The Soviet Union suffers unthinkable horrors during World War II. Leningrad, the city into which Vladimir Putin is born, loses more than a million of its citizens to starvation, and Vladimir Putin’s parents barely make it out alive. 

Chapter 5: All the World’s a Dvor
About a Boy: The Story of Vladimir Putin

To predict what Vladimir Putin might do next in Ukraine, it’s helpful to remember his first and foremost education — in the dvor. 

Chapter 4: The Big Brother
About a Boy: The Story of Vladimir Putin

Organized crime and violence reign supreme in post-Soviet Russia. In this world, the rules of the dvor prove invaluable — for the men fighting over the jewels of the Soviet industrial empire, and for Vladimir Putin.