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ILLUSTRATION CREDITS

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Putin with his mother: Kremlin (
http://putin.kremlin.ru/bio
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Putin in 1960: Getty

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In elementary school in Leningrad: Kremlin (
http://putin.kremlin.ru/bio
)

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Joined the KGB in 1975: Kremlin (
http://putin.kremlin.ru/bio
)

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Working for the KGB in Leningrad: Rossiya Segodnya (Rian)

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Stasi: Stasi archives, MfS BV Dresden, AKG Nr. 10852

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Putin and Lyudmila Shkrebneva wedding photo: Kremlin (
http://putin.kremlin.ru/bio
)

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The Putins with daughter Maria in 1985: Kremlin (
http://putin.kremlin.ru/bio
)

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Daughters Yekaterina and Maria: Kremlin (
http://putin.kremlin.ru/bio
)

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Leningrad, 1990: Associated Press

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Aleksandr Litvinenko: Associated Press

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In Dagestan: Associated Press

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Putin and Boris Yeltsin: Kremlin (
http://putin.kremlin.ru/bio
)

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Putin and his dog Koni: James Hill

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Mikhail Khodorkovsky: James Hill

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Aleksei Miller: Getty

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Shirtless: Getty

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Dmitri Medvedev: James Hill

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Arkady Rotenburg: Getty

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Aleksei Navalny: James Hill

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Putin and Lyudmila: Associated Press

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Alina Kabayeva: Kremlin (
http://putin.kremlin.ru/bio
)

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Flags with Putin’s image: James Hill

A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Steven Lee Myers has worked at
The New York Times
since 1989. Beginning in 2002, he spent more than seven years, in two stints, as a correspondent based in Russia during the reign of Vladimir Putin, covering many of the events in this book: from the war in Chechnya to the preparations for the Sochi Olympics, from the Orange Revolution in Ukraine to the annexation of Crimea. He has previously worked in New York, Washington, D.C., and, during the winding down of the American war in Iraq, in Baghdad. He now writes about foreign affairs and national security issues from Washington. This is his first book.

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Putin with his mother, Maria, in July 1958, when he was five.

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In September 1960, Putin began attending School No. 193 in Leningrad, located a short walk away on the same street where he grew up, Baskov Lane. He was nearly eight, having been held back by his mother.

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In elementary school in Leningrad, Putin was an indifferent student—petulant, impulsive, and disruptive in class. One teacher, Vera Gurevich, called him a whirligig because he would walk into class and spin in circles. His studies improved when he took up the martial arts. Putin is in the back row, second from the left.