Vladimir Putin was born in a city on the Baltic Sea.
Born in Leningrad -LRB- now Saint Petersburg -RRB- , Putin studied German in high school and speaks the language fluently .	Leningrad	Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg -LRB- -LSB- -  , a = Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg , r = Sankt-Peterburg , p = sankt ptrburk -RSB- -RRB- is Russia 's second-largest city after Moscow , with five million inhabitants in 2012 , and an important Russian port on the Baltic Sea .	second-largest city	List of cities and towns in Russia by population	Moscow	Moscow	port on the Baltic Sea	ports of the Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea
