Life and Job of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Dresden

Vladimir Putin flat in Dresden, Radeberger Strasse 101

Russian president Vladimir Putin is ranked among the most influential people in the world. But not everyone knows that the future Russian president began his career in the KGB and five years lived and worked in Dresden.

The KGB (the Committee for State Security) captain Putin was sent to Dresden in 1985 when he was 33 years old. His family came with him. Putin worked under the guise of the director of the Dresden Friendship House.

Radeberger Strasse, Dresden

To start the route through the places connected with Vladimir Putin in Dresden you schould go to Radeberger Strasse 101. It is not far from Elbe Castles. 

Vladimir Putin home in Dresden, Radeberger Strasse 101

Vladimir Putin home in Dresden, Radeberger Strasse 101

Vladimir Putin home in Dresden, Radeberger Strasse 101

There on the third floor in a large panel house Vladimir Putin with his family lived. It is still a residential building now. And there is a birch tree in the yard which according to some versions was planted by Vladimir Putin.

And according to various sources, the Russian president recalls life in Germany with warmth.

Birch tree, Radeberger Strasse 101, Dresden

Vladimir Putin worked within walking distance from home. It was two-storey villa in Angelikastrasse 4. There Putin worked with other KGB officers. It is unknown what definitely future Russian president in Dresden did. Probably we will know about it only in many years.

Angelikastrasse 4, Dresden

They say that sometimes Vladimir Putin visited pub Am Thor, that is situated not far from August Platz.

Pub "Am Thor", Dresden

There is a story, that on 5 February 1989 after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Dresden citizens decided to take over the villa in Angelikastrasse. But Vladimir Putin managed to stop them without force.

After five years in Dresden Putin returned to Russia with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Except the fact that Vladimir Putin lived and worked in Dresden, there are a lot of other facts and places which remind nowadays of the connection between Dresden and Russia. But about these places I will wrote a little bit later.