# Vladimir Putin 1993

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 2, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-1993/770469 "2016-11-02T20:00:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Potestas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@Potestas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potestas)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-1993/770469/1 "2016-11-02T20:00:47Z")

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I have been reading up on the Constitutional Crisis of 1993 that almost became a civil war (involved the shelling of the Russian Duma at the time by the military).

I was wondering however where Vladimir Putin was during the uprising and constitutional crisis, had he entered the “scene” yet or was he still relatively unknown?

Did Putin take a side during 1993 or is he on record taking a side during the constitutional crisis?

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**Author:** ![lazybratsche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-1993/770469/2 "2016-11-02T20:27:44Z")

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IIRC, Putin wasn’t involved with national politics until the late 90s.

I still have a copy of “Inside Putin’s Russia” from a class I took ~10 years ago. I don’t have it here with me, but I can look up a better answer for you when I get home.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-1993/770469/3 "2016-11-02T20:29:11Z")

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According to his [personal website](http://eng.putin.kremlin.ru/bio) at the time he was _“assistant to the rector of Leningrad State University in charge of international relations”_ from 1990-6, no word of his opinion on the unrest at the time though.

According to [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_career_of_Vladimir_Putin#Saint_Petersburg_administration_.281990.E2.80.931996.29) he got in a bit of a tangle involving understated prices but nevertheless was appointed to other positions in Saint Petersburg. He didn’t move to Moscow until 1996.