Putin says grandfather cooked for Stalin and Lenin

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Putin says grandfather cooked for Stalin and Lenin

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a rally to support his bid in the upcoming presidential election, at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia March 3, 2018. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin's paternal grandfather worked as a cook for both Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, the president said in a film posted on the internet on Sunday.

 

In the two-hour documentary, called Putin, the president said Spiridon Putin was a valued member of Stalin's staff. The wartime Soviet leader, who died in 1953, conducted extensive purges during his around three decades in power.

 

"(He) was a cook at Lenin's and later at Stalin's, at one of the dachas in the Moscow area," Putin said in the film seen by Reuters.

 

Interviewer Andrey Kondrashov, who became the president's election campaign spokesman in January, said Spiridon Putin continued to cook for the Soviet establishment until shortly before he died in 1965, aged 86.

 

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the information in the film was accurate.

 

(Reporting by Katya Golubkova; editing by John Stonestreet)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-03-12

[NanLaew]

Looking at that malformed headline, one would think that any cannibalism in the early Soviet Union leadership would have been mentioned before, no? I mean did Lenin keep the leftovers in the fridge for Stalin or what?

[YetAnother]

55 minutes ago, webfact said:

Vladimir Putin's paternal grandfather worked as a cook for both Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin, the president said in a film posted on the internet on Sunday.

shameless name-dropping; would you trust anything a former head of the KGB said ?

[Scott]

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[Jonmarleesco]

So, who checked the food for nerve agent?

[ilostmypassword]

"(He) was a cook at Lenin's and later at Stalin's, at one of the dachas in the Moscow area," Putin said in the film seen by Reuters.

It's a pity that granddad didn't prepare for Stalin  the family specialty: nerve gas.

[Belzybob]

His grandfather cooked meals, but he just cooks the books.

[marko kok prong]

My God he must have been terrified every time he went to the kitchen,too much paprika,'your off to the gulag my son' or worse.