Mother Putin?

Posted on December 5, 2008 | 4 Comments
Is this Georgian woman Vladimir Putin's real mother?

Is this Georgian woman Vladimir Putin's real mother?

She says she is.

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4 Responses to Mother Putin?

  1. Michel | December 6, 2008 at 4:09 pm | Reply

    Fascinating article and has an interesting Georgia twist. The woman in the picture who claims to be Putin’s mother is GEORGIAN! Might explain Vova’s disdain for that region of the world ;)

    According to the article:

    “In Mrs Putina’s account, Mr Putin’s father was a Russian mechanic, Platon Privalov, who got her pregnant while married to another woman. She claims her son, nicknamed “Vova” was born on October 7, 1950, exactly two years before Mr Putin’s official birth date.

    In 1952, Mrs Putina married a Georgian soldier, Giorgi Osepahvili, and moved to Georgia with her son. In December 1960, under pressure from her husband to disown her child, she delivered “Vova” back to his grandparents in Russia. Mrs Putina believes that the St. Petersburg-based “parents” referred to in Mr Putin’s biography adopted her son from his grandparents.”

    Of course, it hasn’t been proven or disproved yet, but it does highlight how little is really known about Putin’s past. As the article writes:

    “But at the very least Mrs Putina’s story identifies the holes in the known story of Mr Putin’s past. … Details of the first ten years of Mr Putin’s life are scarce in his autobiography, especially when compared with other world leaders. “

  2. Barack Obama | December 6, 2008 at 6:26 pm | Reply

    She sure looks like Mr Putin…Same deep blue eyes and hardened-bone-cheek.

    I’m convince she is indeed Putin’s mother because of the shape of the eyes and eyebrows.

    LA RUSSOPHOBE RESPONDS:

    The resemblance is definitely uncanny.

  3. Nick | December 7, 2008 at 3:39 am | Reply

    Here’s an attempt to refute the story (in Russian):
    http://www.compromat.ru/main/putin/gruzmama.htm
    …not that it looks particularly convincing :)

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