Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin an haife shi a ranar 7 ga Oktoba, 1952 a Leningrad, Rasha SFSR, Tarayyar Soviet (yanzu Saint Petersburg), ƙarami daga cikin yara uku na Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin (1911<unk>1999) da Maria Ivanovna Putina (née Shelomova; 1911<unk>1998). An haifi mahaifin Vladimir Spiridonovich ga Lenin. An haifi mahaifin Vladimir Spiridonovich ga Lenin. Haihuwar Putin ta gabace mutuwar 'yan'uwa biyu, Viktor da Albert, da aka haifa a tsakiyar shekarun 1930. Albert ya mutu a lokacin yaro kuma Viktor ya mutu daga diphtheria a lokacin Siege na Leningrad a yakin duniya na biyu. Mahaifiyar Putin ta kasance ma'aikacin ma'aikata kuma mahaifinsa ya kasance mai ba da izini a cikin Sojan Ruwa na Soviet, yana aiki a cikin jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa a farkon shekarun 1930. A farkon yakin duniya na biyu, mahaifinsa ya yi aiki a cikin battalion hallaka na Soviet. Daga bisani, an haife shi a cikin soja na yau da kullum kuma ya ji rauni sosai a shekarar 1942.
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