Quote from: memephistopheles on July 23, 2017, 08:00:56 PM

he is a Vepsian.

Yeah.... already covered here:

Quote from: Sithara007 on July 22, 2017, 03:44:44 AM

Quote from: Rags2Rickius on July 19, 2017, 07:30:01 PM

i only know that he is a Vepsian.

He is multi-ethnic, with mixed Russian, Vepsian and Karelian ancestry. But since he became active in the politics, he has tried to hide his non-Russian ancestry. His great-grandparents had the surname Putiaynen, which they changed to Putin after Russification. Once Putin was asked some media person whether he considers himself as a Vepsian or Karelian. Putin carefully avoided answering that.

BTW... I don't think that the Russians care much about his ethnic origin. Even his predecessor (Boris Yeltsin) was not 100% ethnic Russian. He was rumored to have some Vogul (Mansi) ancestry.