First person
Subtitle: an astonishingly frank self-portrait by Russia's president Vladimir Putin
By: with Nataliya Gevorkyan, Natalya Timakova, and Andrei Kolesnikov ; translated by Catherine A. Fitzpatrick.
Contributors: Gevorki͡a︡n, Natalii͡a︡.; Timakova, Natalʹi͡a︡.; Kolesnikov, A. V. 1965-; Fitzpatrick, Catherine A.
Series: PublicAffairs reports
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952- -- Interviews; Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti -- History; Presidents -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography; Presidents -- Russia (Federation) -- Interviews; Intelligence service -- Soviet Union -- History; Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-; Soviet Union -- History; Soviet Union -- Politics and government
Genres: Interviews.; Biography.
Other titles: Astonishingly frank self-portrait by Russia's president.; Self-portrait by Russia's president.
Description: "First Person is the intimate, candid self-portrait of the man who holds the future of Russia in his grip. A compilation of over 24 hours of in-depth interviews and remarkable photographs, it delves deep into Putin's KGB past and explores his meteoric rise to power. No Russian leader has ever subjected himself to this kind of public examination of his life and views.

Both as a spy and as a virtual political unknown until selected by Boris Yeltsin to be Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin has been regarded as man of mystery. Now, the curtain lifts to reveal a remarkable life of struggles and successes. Putin's life story is of major importance to the world."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Principal figures in First Person; title: The Son; title: The Schoolboy; title: The University Student; title: The Young Specialist; title: The Spy; title: The Democrat; title: The Bureaucrat; title: The Family Man; title: The Politician