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| 1952 | Birth Russia Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich |  |
| 7th Oct Leningrad Birth of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin |
| 1952 | KGB Russia Stalin, Joseph | |
| Moscow The Soviet Committee of State Security, KGB, is formed |
| 1975 | Education Russia Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| Leningrad Putin graduates from the International Branch of the Law Department of the Leningrad State University |
| Leningrad Recruited into the KGB |
| 1983 | KGB Russia Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| Moscow 1983-1984, studies at the KGB High School in Moscow |
| 1984 | KGB Russia Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| Moscow Putin is appointed a Major |
| 1985 | KGB Russia Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| Dresden Assigned to recruit spies in Dresden, East Germany |
| 1990 | KGB Russia Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| Leningrad Assumes a position with the International Affairs section of Leningrad State University, reporting to Vice-Rector Yuriy Molchanov |
| 1991 | Chairman KGB Russia Bakatin, Vadim Viktorovich | |
| 23rd Aug Moscow Appointed Chairman of the KGB |
| 1991 | Chairman KGB Russia Kryuchkov, Vladimir | |
| Moscow Arrested & replacec as chairman of the KGB by Bakatin |
| 1991 | Coup d'Etat Russia Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 20th Aug Leningrad Putin resigns from the state security services during the KGB-supported abortive putsch against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev |
| 20th Aug Leningrad Putin resigns from the state security services during the KGB-supported abortive putsch against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev |
| 1998 | KGB Russia Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 20th Aug Named head of Russia's FSB domestic intelligence agency |
