摘 要: | Putin was born in Leningrad and graduated from the Law Department of Leningrad State University in 1975. A biography, Ot Pervova Litsa (First Person), based on interviews conducted with Putin in 2000, speaks of humble beginnings, including early years in a supposedly rat-infested tenement in a communal apartment . During his KGB officer career from 1975 to 1991 he lived several years in Eastern Germany. He was head of the FSB (the KGB's successor) from July 1998 toAugust 1999. Putin was appointed Prime Minister of the
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