Named Putin's former teacher: It changed a lot as 11-year-old, doesn't forgive betrayal

Born into a working class family in St. Petersburg, Putin himself has admitted that he behaved like a éhuligan in his youth.

In an interview shown in his book, the first person in 2000, one of his teachers, Vera Gurevich, said Putin had suddenly changed when he was 11 years old.

Of the book, she had said: “Putin was suddenly changed to sixth grade. Clearly, he had set a goal for himself. He probably realized that he must achieve something in his life”.

Prior to that, a former Putin teacher had told Vera that she named him “a director and unorganised”, but teacher Gurevic said she had immediately noticed that he “would do something at the top of”.

In his book Putin said he enjoyed school “until he was the inexorable leader”, meaning he did not try to order people” and remaining the independent “”.

But at that time he had realized that he had to improve his social status -- and began to take sports, at the same time, by trying harder in his teachings.

Summer helped Putin improve, for she began to equip him carefully and disinclined him to walk the streets with a couple of undisciplined brothers.

But as other students enjoyed attending the dance, Putin avoided them and “did not like the association” until he preferred to follow the Judo teachings four times a week.

He had told the authors of the book: “when I started to perform sports... I practiced every day and every day. Soon, I had no time for anything else. I had other priorities, I had to prove myself in sports, achieve something. I set goals for myself”

The double got so close, to Vera, who became like a second mother to Putin, even taking her on vacation.

In 2000, she had told the authors of the book: “I think Putin is a good man. But he never forgives people who betray him or who are tough with him”, she added. /Mirror/Periscope/