Vladimir Putin's dad 'gouged out his mum's eye with pitchfork in fit of rage'

Vladimir Putin's father gougedout his mother's eye with a pitchfork when she was just 17 years old, according to a bombshell new book.

The alleged attack led to the evil dictator's mum, Maria, losing her eye and his dad being forced to marry her. The bizarre story emerged from a new book titled The Tsar in Person: How Vladimir Putin Fooled Us All, which details the despot's life before he took over in Moscow.

It claims the attack came during "a fit of rage" from Putin's dad, before the couple were married. It comes as Putin warns of nuclear war after unleashing another night of hell on Ukraine.

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The book explains Putin's father arrived with male friends at Maria's - known as Marusya - home when she was alone in her village in Tver region, in 1928. In the account, villager Anfisa Kormilitsyna said: "Marusya didn't want to let them in."

The villager said this appeared to enrage Putin's dad, adding: "They took the pitchfork that was standing by the fence and started breaking down the gate. She got scared, ran out of the house, and raced up to the fence.

"And Volodka [Vladimir senior, Putin’s father] at that moment broke through the gate with the pitchfork and hit Marusya right in the face.

"In short, he accidentally gouged out her eye. He took her to the hospital right away. There, Marusya's eye was removed."

The villager also revealed the sad reason as to why the two got married after this alleged incident. She said: "For a girl in those days, this was a disgrace.

"So Marusya's mother threatened Volodka: if you don't marry, I'll put you on trial. So they got married. Marusya was very embarrassed about her glass eye later, never looked you in the face when talking, and tilted her head to the side."

The villager also said Putin's father was notorious for terrorising teenage girls Anfisa added: "He liked to lift up girls' skirts and tie them in a knot over their heads. Co-author Roman Badanin said this was so the village boys could get a better look at the girl’s knickers."

Independent Russian news outlet Proekt reported: "Putin's mother had been one-eyed since her youth because the other eye had been put out with a pitchfork in a fit of rage by the father of the future Russian leader."

Despite this harrowing account, Putin has only spoken ever about how his parents were perfect. His mother was over 40 by the time she gave birth to the future spy and dictator, triggering rumours that he was adopted or the child of a lover.

Last year he recounted: "Never - I want to emphasise this - never did I see my father drunk. That never happened at all. I’m not even talking about my mother. I never heard a single swear word from him. Not one. Well, I’m not even talking about my mother here either." The authors accused Putin of covering up his personal life."