Spiridon Putin

Spiridon Ivanovich Putin (; 19 December 1879 – 19 December 1965) was a Russian chef, who worked as the personal chef of Vladimir Lenin and also cooked for Joseph Stalin. He was the paternal grandfather of Vladimir Putin, the current president of Russia.

Early life and education Spiridon Ivanovich Putin was born to Russians Ivan Petrovich Putin (1845–1918) and Paraskeva Matveevna Putina (; 1844–1906) in Tver Governorate, Russian Empire. At 12 years old he worked with his cousin at an inn in Tver, and at 15 years old he moved to Saint Petersburg to study cooking.

Personal life

Of his four sons, two (Mikhail and Alexey) died in World War II, another, Vladimir Spiridonovich, father of Vladimir Putin, was crippled in combat, and one son, Alexandr, came back from war unscathed.