THRONE - LIKE THAM GETS IN MIDDEL EAST PEOPLES AND IN SOME URUP PEOPLES ALSO      Putin was born on October 7, 1952, in  Leningrad ,  RSFSR ,  USSR  (now  Saint Petersburg ,  Russian Federation ), [25]  to parents Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin (1911–1999) and Maria Ivanovna Putina (1911–1998). His mother