Vintage Photos Of A Young Vladimir Putin (15 pics)
Today Vladimir Putin is one of the most powerful men on the planet but it wasn't always that way. At one point he was just a young man trying to make his way in the world.
A class photo of Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, then called Leningrad, circa 1960.
A class photo with Vladimir Putin, (first row, third from right), circa 1964-65.
Vladimir Putin in 1970.
Vladimir Putin dances with his classmate, Elena, during a party in St. Petersburg, then called Leningrad, in 1970.
A young Vladimir Putin during judo training with fellow pupil Vassily Shestakov in St. Petersburg, then known as Leningrad, in 1971.
Vladimir Putin with his then-wife Lyudmila and daughter, Masha, in 1985.
Vladimir Putin with his parents, Maria and Vladimir, just before his departure to Germany, in 1985.
Vladimir Putin, then-Deputy Mayor in St. Petersburg, with then-Mayor Anatoly Sobchak in 1994.
