Vladimir Putin By leuvenwang Oct 7, 1952 Vladimir Putin Is Born Vladimir Putin is born into an ordinary family in Saint Petersburg, USSR. Period: Sep 1, 1970 to Jun 18, 1975 Attends Leningard State University and studies law. Period: Jun 18, 1975 to Aug 20, 1991 Putin is a member of the KGB. Jul 28, 1983 Putin gets married. Period: May 17, 1990 to Dec 17, 1996 Becomes a government official working on internation affairs in the Saint Petersburg May 20, 1996 Putin moves to Moscow and carries on his political career. Jul 25, 1998 Putin becomes director of the FSB. (The KGB's successor.) Aug 9, 1999 Putin beomes acting Prime Minister of Russia Dec 31, 1999 Boris Yeltsin resigns leaving Vladimir Putin to be Acting President of Russia. Mar 26, 2000 Putin wins presidential elections May 7, 2000 Putin inaugurated as president. Aug 12, 2000 First Major Challenge for Putin as president: The Kursk submarine disaster. Mar 14, 2004 Putin is elected for a second presidential term. May 7, 2008 Putin's second presidency ends. May 8, 2008 Putin Becomes Prime Minister of Russia Mar 4, 2012 Putin becomes president of Russia for the third time Dec 17, 2013 Putin offers economic help to then Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovych Period: Feb 18, 2014 to Feb 23, 2014 2014 Ukrainian Revolution Mar 18, 2014 Putin signs a bill that declares Crimea as part of the Russian Federation May 25, 2014 Petro Poroshenko is elected as the new president of Ukriane and is backed by the western superpowers. Jul 17, 2014 MH17 is shot down. Oct 12, 2014 Putin orders Russian soldiers near the Ukrainian border to fall back. Period: Dec 4, 2014 to Jan 4, 2015 Russian Rouble's Value decreases when sanctions from the west t