Did Putin Turn Out To Be A Finno-Ugrian?

Z-propagandists ironize the origins of the Kremlin head.

Russian propagandists and Z-channels are actively discussing publications about Putin's origins after the TASS agency reported that a record of his grandfather's baptism had been found. It is about the metric book for 1879 from the village of Dudino, Tver province, where the baptism of Spiridon Ivanovich Putin is recorded. According to researchers, the ancestors of the Russian president may be related to the Tver Karelians, a Finno-Ugric people.

This information caused an ironic reaction in pro-war circles. Z-commentator and military correspondent Igor Dimitriev noted that Putin regularly talks about "brotherly peoples" and uses this rhetoric as justification for his claims to Ukraine, although, according to research, his origins are related to peoples who in the Russian historical tradition were referred to as "chudi," writes "Dialog".

One of the Russian Telegram channels, citing researcher Alexander Saksa, claims that Putin comes from the Tver Karelians, and his appearance allegedly has characteristic features typical of representatives of this ethnic group. The term "Chud" has historically been used by the Slavs to refer to various northern Finno-Ugric peoples, including Karelians, Izhora, Vodians and Veps.

The ethnicity itself does not carry any negative connotation, but such versions call into question the Kremlin's concept of a "united Russian people," which Moscow uses to justify its pressure on neighboring states and war against Ukraine.

Journalist Denis Kazansky, commenting on the situation, sharply criticized such rhetoric, noting that the question of origin is irrelevant, but cannot serve as a basis for imposing political claims and ideological constructs on other peoples.

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