Putinomania

English Etymology From en Putin -o- -mania. Noun - en politics The fervent admiration of Vladimir Putin (born 1952), Russian politician who has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999. en 2005 w:Lilia Shevtsova Antonina W. Bouis The Moment of Truth Putin's Russia Washington, D.C. w:Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 0870032135 123 https://archive.org/details/putinsrussia0000shev/page/122/mode/2up?q=Putinomania Putinomania gradually became an element of Russian life. New textbooks were introduced in the schools of Saint Petersburg, Putin’s hometown, that described the childhood of Uttle Volodya Putin. That meant something to people who had learned to read with books about the childhood of litde Volodya Ulyanov (Lenin). en 2005 Boris Lanin Putin and Culture Dale R. Herspring Putin's Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain 2nd Lanham, MD w:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 0742530043 77 https://archive.org/details/putinsrussiapast00hers/page/76/mode/2up?q=Putinomania The Putin cult is most visible in his native St. Petersburg. The city is in the vanguard of Putinomania. One local sculptor is preparing a bronze bust. The pompous celebrations in 2003 marking the 300th anniversaiy of the founding of the city threw oil on the flames of Putinomania. en 2014 The Founding of the Putin System w:Karen Dawisha Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia? New York, NY w:Simon & Schuster 9781476795195 310 https://archive.org/details/putinskleptocrac0000dawi/page/310/mode/2up?q=Putinomania Putinomania was stoked throughout the country, as state-owned media pictured Putin daily, meeting national and regional leaders and making an unprecedented number of foreign trips. Russia was once again a player on the international stage, to be respected and taken into account. Related terms en Putinophilia en Vladimir Putin en eponyms