Lyudmila Putina

Lyudmila Alexandrovna Putina (Russian Людмила Александровна Путина, born Schkrebnewa (Russian Шкребнева ), born January 6, 1958 in Kaliningrad, Soviet Union) is the former wife of Russian President Vladimir Putin. In June 2013, the couple announced their separation known to the enforcement of the divorce was confirmed publicly in April 2014.

First Putina worked as a stewardess in Kaliningrad. Finally, she studied at the Leningrad State University French and Spanish.

On July 28, 1983 Putina married the former KGB officer Vladimir Putin in Leningrad. They have two daughters, Maria Vladimirovna (* 1985 in Leningrad) and Ekaterina Vladimirovna ( born 1986 in Dresden). The daughters attended the German School in Moscow and Saint Petersburg State University.

From 1986 to 1990 she lived with her ​​husband and daughters in Dresden, where she learned the German language. From 1990 to 1994 she worked as a German teacher in Saint Petersburg.

After Putina was involved in a fatal car accident in 1993, she pleaded to the Russian Orthodox faith.

In 2002, Eberhard Schöck gave her for her services to the German language in Russia by Jacob Grimm Prize.

In June, 2013, one month before their 30th wedding anniversary, gave the Putin announced that their marriage was over and they have parted amicably. The couple founded the separation so that the Office of the President need most of the time by him and the public lifestyle associated with the Office abused its fall. In April 2014 was publicly confirmed that the marriage is divorced.