Putin: The Rise To Power

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Go to https://ground.news/munger to stay fully informed and think critically about what’s happening around the world. Subscribe through my link to get 40% off the Vantage plan, which is what I use everyday. Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, is one of the most powerful people in the world. It seems everybody has an opinion about him, but how much do you really know about him and his background? In this video we’ll delve deeply into Putin’s history, early life and back-story, from his birth in a St. Petersburg slum under the repressive Soviet system to his accession as the leader of Russia on the very last day of 1999. Hopefully you’ll gain an understanding of who he is, where he comes from and the forces that have shaped his life. This video is a companion piece to an online class offered at my website: https://seanmunger.com/putin-the-modern-tsar Sources for this video included: Philip Short, Putin (New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2022); Fiona Hill & Clifford G. Gaddy, Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2015); Masha Gessen, The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin (Riverhead Books, 2013); Lisa A. Kirschenbaum, The Legacy of the Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1995: Myth, Memories and Monuments (Cambridge University Press, 2006); Frontline (Documentary): “Putin’s Way” (PBS, 2015); David Remnick, “Watching the Eclipse,” The New Yorker, August 3, 2014 (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/11/watching-eclipse); Alexander Mannheim & Daisy Sindelar, “A Spy in the House of Putin,” Radio Free Europe, November 7, 2011 (https://www.rferl.org/a/putin_spy_affairs_wife_beating_philanderer/24383939.html); Erich Schmidt-Eenboom, “Beutezug: Wladimir Putin im Visier des BND” (BND document summary, in German) (http://www.geheimdienste.info/texte/beutezug.pdf). The interstitial music used in this video is “The Russian Easter Overture, Op.36” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, courtesy Musopen.org. Special thanks to: John Marcucci, Austin Pierce, David Albers, Enrique Fuster My website: https://www.seanmunger.com My Ko-fi: https://Ko-fi.com/seanmunger My blog: https://gardenofmemory.net/ My latest book, a mystery novel, “Daniel Vanished”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CYWTRDKF Chapters: 00:00-10:37: December 31, 1999 10:37-23:05: The Siege of Leningrad 23:05-30:05: The Young Brawler 30:05-39:25: Growing Up Red 39:25-46:30: Soviet Law 46:30-55:00: The Early KGB Years 55:00-1:04:57: Dresden 1:04:57-1:12:03: Sobchak 1:12:03-1:21:29: 1991 1:21:29-1:30:54: The Big Swindle 1:30:54-1:40:42: Putin’s Rolodex 1:40:42-1:55:38: The Time Of Troubles 1:55:38-2:08:19: 1996 2:08:19-2:15:23: At Yeltsin’s Court 2:15:23-2:22:31: Endgame For Power 2:22:31-2:29:24: The Apartment Bombings 2:29:24-2:36:43: Coronation 2:36:43-2:45:59: Conclusion