Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is descended from the Putin clan who lived in Tver for over 300 years. A common Slavonic name, Vladimir means “ruling with fame” or “regal.”
Tver is a principality of Russia that operated under princely rule from 1252-1485 until the area was conquered by Ivan the Great, the grandfather of Ivan the Terrible (1530-1584).
It was through Ivan the Terrible’s marriage to his first wife, Anastasia Romanovna, that the Romanovs began their three-century rule over Russia that would last until the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.
Vladimir (Влади́мир, old spelling: Владимѣръ)
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Vladimir Putin’s namesake discovers he is a cousin of the Russian president – The Putins Clan Book Published in Russia
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03.07.2003
A Capsule History of Russia
by David T. Koyzi
for the use of students in POL 265, Russian Government and Politics, at Redeemer University College
Prince of Tver
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