food.wikisort.org - Researcher
Spiridon Ivanovich Putin (Russian: Спиридон Иванович Путин; 19 December 1879 – 19 December 1965) was a Russian chef who was the personal cook of Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Lenin. He was the paternal grandfather of Vladimir Putin.[1][2]
Spiridon Putin | |
|---|---|
| Спиридон Путин | |
 | |
| Born | Spiridon Ivanovich Putin 19 December 1879 Tver Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 19 December 1965 (aged 86) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Chef |
| Relatives | Vladimir Putin (grandson) |
Early life and education
Putin was born in Tver Governorate in the Russian Empire. At 12 years old he worked with his cousin at an inn in Tver, and at 15 years old he moved to Saint Petersburg to study cooking.[2]
Career
Early career
Putin worked at the famous Hotel Astoria, where he once served Grigori Rasputin. Rasputin gave Putin a gold ruble as he was impressed with the cuisine and noticed the similarity between their names.[2]
Career as a chef for Lenin and Stalin
After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Putin fled to his ancestral home in Tver Governorate. He later returned to Petrograd after which he moved to Moscow.[2]
In Moscow he became Vladimir Lenin's chef. After Lenin's death in 1924, Putin cooked for his widow Nadezhda Krupskaya and her sister until their deaths years later. During this time Putin also cooked occasionally for Joseph Stalin. Putin most likely served in the employ of the NKVD, the secret police predecessor of the KGB. After Krupskaya's death in 1939, Putin worked as chef in a Moscow Communist Party boarding house at Ilyinsky, Moscow Oblast.[2]
Personal life
Putin died in 1965. Of his four sons, two died in World War II and Vladimir Putin's father was crippled in combat. Only one son came back from war unscathed.[2]
Death
Putin continued working as a chef until shortly before his death on his 86th birthday in Moscow, Soviet Union.[1][3]
References
- Nguyen, Harvey (24 March 2022). "The Story of Vladimir Putin's Grandfather, Spiridon Putin, Stalin and Lenin's Personal Cook During the War of the Soviet Union". Newsdelivers. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- Lynch, Allen (2011). Vladimir Putin and Russian Statecraft. Potomac Books. pp. 10–11.
- "Putin says grandfather cooked for Stalin and Lenin". Reuters. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
Interviewer Andrey Kondrashov, who became the president’s election campaign spokesman in January, said Spiridon Putin continued to cook for the Soviet establishment until shortly before he died in 1965, aged 86.
External links
Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии