Before Putin's birth, his parents lost two male children; Albert who died during Infancy as well as one-year-old Viktor who died after suffering from diphtheria during World War 2.
Ngaphambi kokuzalwa kukaPutin, abazali bakhe balahlekelwa izingane ezimbili; U-Albert owafa ngesikhathi e-Infancy kanye noViktor oneminyaka engu-1 ubudala, owashona ngemuva kokubulawa kwe-diphtheria ngesikhathi seMpi Yezwe 2.