vladimir zhirinovsky is one of the most prominent, bright and scandalous figures in the "political firmament" of russia, the founder and chairman of the liberal democratic party (ldpr), the vice-speaker of the russian state duma of the fifth convocation.
zhirinovsky vladimir volfovich was born on april 25, 1946 in almaty. his biological father, wolf isaakovich eidelstein, was a lawyer and agronomist, according to the latest press reports, who worked as the head of the chemical and fertilizer supply department at amir in tel aviv. mother alexandra petrovna makarova is russian by nationality, she worked in the canteen of the local veterinary institute.
there were many children in their family. vladimir volfovich was the sixth child, raised by his stepfather, has five half-brothers and sisters on the mother. it is known that until 1964, the future politician wore the name eidelstein. the future politician of russia at the secondary school № 25 named after m. learned. dzerzhinsky in his native alma-ata. after graduating from school, the young man decided to go to conquer moscow and chose to enter the institute of oriental languages at moscow state university, where he entered the faculty of history and philology. in parallel, zhirinovsky studied at the university of marxism-leninism at the faculty of international relations.
