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==Background==

==Background==

Putin was born in [[Leningrad]] on [[October]] 7, 1952.  His parents were survivors the [[Siege of Leningrad]], however his 1-year-old brother, Igor, was not, and is buried along with 500,000 other victims in a public park.  Putin's father had six brothers, and five of them died in the war. Some of his mother's relatives were also killed in the conflict. Putin said that his parents had no hatred for the German soldiers. “How can anyone hate those soldiers? They were ordinary people and they also died in battle....They are laborers, just like us. They were sent to the front too,” his mother told him.<ref>https://www.rbth.com/politics/2015/05/07/vladimir_putin_reveals_familys_wwii_ordeals_in_magazine_article_45805.html</ref>

Putin was born in [[Leningrad]] on [[October]] 7, 1952.  His parents were survivors the [[Siege of Leningrad]], however his 1-year-old brother, Igor, was not, and is buried along with 500,000 other victims in a public park.  Putin's father had six brothers, and five of them died in the war.<ref>[https://youtu.be/-TFFLGiFPn8 Putin Finally Reveals The Heartbreaking Family Story That Shaped Him.]</ref> Some of his mother's relatives were also killed in the conflict. Putin said that his parents had no hatred for the German soldiers. “How can anyone hate those soldiers? They were ordinary people and they also died in battle....They are laborers, just like us. They were sent to the front too,” his mother told him.<ref>https://www.rbth.com/politics/2015/05/07/vladimir_putin_reveals_familys_wwii_ordeals_in_magazine_article_45805.html</ref>

Putin writes of his father during the war,

Putin writes of his father during the war,