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What Is Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Ocheretnaya Religion? Putin’s Former Wife

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Mia Cox

Updated on January 21, 2026

Lyudmila Putina Age: How Old Is She?

She was born in Kaliningrad, Russia, on January 6, 1958. Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Ocheretnaya is her full name, however, she is better known as Lyudmila Putina. She is currently 64 years of age.

Alexander Abramovich Shkrebnev and Yekaterina Shkrebneva are her parents, and she has a sister named Olga Alexandrovna Tsomayeva. Her father was a technician at the Kaliningrad Mechanical Plant.

She studied linguistics. Lyudmila received her bachelor’s degree in Spanish language and philology from Leningrad State University’s Department of Philology in 1986. 

Lyudmila was a German teacher at Leningrad State University’s Department of Philology from 1990 to 1994. She worked as a Moscow representative for Telecominvest from 1998 to 1999 when she fielded phone calls and organized meetings as the lone employee in the Moscow office. 

What is the religion of Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Ocheretnaya? 

On July 28, 1983, she married Vladimir Putin. They had been married for 30 years when they decided to split up on April 1, 2014.

When it comes to Vladimir Putin’s religion, he began practicing Russian Orthodoxy Christian religion at the age of 41, and according to some research, we come to know that  Lyudmila followed the same religion. His mother was a devout Christian, but his father was a devout atheist. 

Not many details about their religious life are found on the internet.

Her Instagram And Posts

She is now unaccountable on any social media platforms and has not revealed anything about her personal life. 

It’s equally harder to tell whether the Instagram account under her name is her own or a fan page. Her personal life has always been kept private, and she hasn’t shared much information on social media. 

She isn’t on any other social media platforms like Twitter or Facebook. He and his ex-wife both like to keep their personal lives private.