This is a bonus episode, from English Learning For Curious Minds.
Part 2 and 3 will be released on the following two Saturdays.
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In this episode, we will explore Vladimir Putin’s unlikely journey from a rat-catching streetfighter to the modern-day tsar of Russia.
We’ll look at his rise to power, some of the accusations about what it took to get there, the key decisions that have defined his 25-year rule, and question how history will remember his legacy.
• Vladimir Putin’s early life and rise to power
• Siege of Leningrad during World War Two
• Putin’s upbringing in poverty and street life
• Putin’s early interest in the KGB
• Putin’s political career and rise in St Petersburg
• Connections and corruption allegations in early political life
• Putin becomes Russia’s Prime Minister in 1999
• Controversy surrounding the 1999 apartment bombings
• Consolidation of power and suppression of opposition
• Putin’s use of poison to eliminate opponents
Transcript :
https://bit.ly/ELFCMPutinEnglish Learning for Curios Minds website :
https://www.leonardoenglish.com