Putin (surname)

Putin (Russian: Путин) is a masculine Russian surname. Its feminine counterpart is Putina. It may refer to:

• Vladimir Putin (born 1952), President of Russia from 2000–2008 and from 2012–present, and Prime Minister of Russia from 1999–2000 and 2008–2012
  • Vladimir Putin Peak, a mountain in Kyrgyzstan
  • Putin's Palace, a palace in Krasnodar Krai, Russia
  • Putin's Plan, the political and economic program of Vladimir Putin
  • Putin must go, a Russian website and public campaign against Vladimir Putin
  • Putin khuilo, a Ukrainian song deriding Vladimir Putin
  • Direct Line with Vladimir Putin, an annual Russian television program, a live Q&A broadcast with Vladimir Putin
  • Putin's Progress, a 2004 book by Peter Truscott
  • Putin's Russia, a 2004 book by Anna Politkovskaya
  • Putin, Russia and the West, a 2012 British documentary television series
  • Putin's Kiss, a 2012 documentary about Russian youth activist Masha Drokova
  • Pussy versus Putin, a 2013 Russian documentary film about the Russian feminist punk rock protest group Pussy Riot
• Igor Putin (born 1953), a Russian businessman and politician, and cousin of Vladimir Putin
• Roman Putin (born 1977), a Russian businessman and politician, and nephew of Vladimir Putin
  • Putin Consulting Ltd., a Russian company founded by Roman Putin
• Lyudmila Putina (born 1958), the former wife of Vladimir Putin
• Vera Putina (born 1926), a woman who claims to be Vladimir Putin's mother
• Jadvyga Putinienė (born 1945), a Lithuanian Olympic athlete
• P. T. Narasimhachar (1905–1998), a Kannada poet commonly known as "Pu Ti Na" or "Putina"

See also

• Poutine, a fast food dish
• Puin (brand), canned food
• Poutine râpée, an Acadian dish (Acadians were French settlers in Canada and Maine)