Who is Putin?

Where did Vladimir Putin come from? What was Putin’s education? Who pushed Putin to pursue a meteoric rise to Prime Minister and President of the largest country in the word? Watch Putin’s history unfold from his modest origins to the dominant figure he is today.

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Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)



Narrator:
Bryan 'Lazlo' Beauregard

Sources:


· Sebestyen, Victor (2018), Lenin the Dictator
· Truscott, Peter (2005). Putin's Progress: A Biography of Russia's Enigmatic President, Vladimir Putin
· Lynch, Allen. Vladimir Putin and Russian Statecraft
· Vladimir Putin; Nataliya Gevorkyan; Natalya Timakova; Andrei Kolesnikov (2000). First Person: An Astonishingly Frank Self-Portrait by Russia's President Vladimir Putin
· Rosefielde, Steven; Hedlund, Stefan (2009). Russia Since 1980
· Dawisha, Karen (2015). Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?

[capncake]

Man, I never expected Simple History to do stuff like this.

Edit: I meant that they don’t usually do biographies of modern world leaders, so I was surprised by this video.

[SpaceMonkeyBoi]

Putin the taxi driver is an image I will never get out of my head

[antwan]

The animation on this one was a lot better then previous version keep up the great work.

[tardan]

1 thing. Please learn more about conflict in Chechnya. It's not just "Killing Putin's enemies". It's more complicated and Chechnya always was an aggressive region (Even now).

[marekmazurek]

I just find funny how before russian invadion 95% percent of americans didn't even know where ukraine was 😂😂

[Sumschmuck]

Simple history asks "Who is Putin"


But simple history never asks "How is Putin"

[Dumb-Comment]

imagine your taxi driver being your president in 20 years

[seanskinner]

Now this is a piece of history I would love to hear

[ragnarli]

Everyone’s talking about how the animation has improved, but nobody has talked about how the thumbnails have improved

[ryanbauer]

Considering you brought up the cab story that came to light a few months ago, I'm surprised you didn't mention how when he met with Robert Kraft(owner of the New England Patriots) in 2005, he asked to see Mr. Kraft's Super Bowl ring. After trying it on he remarked "I could kill someone with this thing." Then he put it in his pocket and his bodyguards surrounded him and walked out of the room. Kraft was later urged to say the ring was a 'gift' by the Bush Whitehouse.

We've known for nearly 2 decades what kind of man Putin is. If you give him an inch, he'll take the whole damn country.

[Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

*Putin:* "I shall continue to do what's best for the Soviet Union..."
*UN:* "Soviet Union? Didn't you guys break up?"
*Putin:* That is what we WANTED you to think! Hahahahahahahaha!" *presses button*

[The_Corporal]

He is an astute agent and a testament to how an agent can steer politics.

[richardsalas]

I was visiting Volgograd back in 2017 and I actually met Putin. I like Russia, but I disapprove of their government

[jacobkinnery]

Simple History: You should keep making more videos about other dictators/leaders:
- Adolf Hitler
- Benito Mussolini
- Hideki Tojo
- Alexander Lukashenko
- Xi Jinping
- Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un
- Mao Zendong
- Idi Amin
- Fidel Castro
- Nicholas Maduro
- Ali Khamenei
- Saddam Hussein
- Osama bin Laden
- Pac Doc
- Manuel Noegria
- Francisco Franco
- Pol Pot
- Bashar al-Assad
- Min Aung Hlaing
- Daniel Ortega
- Muammar Gaddafi

[RPDTyrant]

Love it. Like someone else said a lot was not covered on what happened with the Russian constitution after 2014, but still a great piece of work.

[bizmen]

Thank you for the informative video!

Crazy how quickly he rose up through various ranks.

[Tux.]

I can totally see Putin playing a character in Fallout: New Vegas.

That thumbnail is a work of art.

[ΚοινωνικόςΟρθολογιστής]

You have very good timing when choosing topics. Well done Simple History. Keep on your great work.


Edit: Some people in the comments have been mentioning that the war is on for over a month so they criticize me for praising SH for "good timing".

Well, since the war has, unfortunately not ended yet I suppose the topic is still relevant. Moreover, stuff like this takes some time to make because they have to do the research, then animating, writing their script, recording etch.

[DavidCurryFilms]

5:39 Anna Politkovskya was incredibly brave, she had friends that were already being killed before the state killed her. She knew the risks and carried on.

[Starfals]

Modern history on Simple history is something I never thought id see.