At the beginning of February 2025, in messengers and social networks, the text became viral, the anonymous author of which claimed: the eldest daughter of the President of the Russian Federation Maria Vorontsova organized "in the zone of special military operation" a mobile hospital, helped to treat soldiers and was wounded as a result of enemy shelling. At the request of "verified" social anthropologist Alexandra Arkhipov I figured out where this newsletter came from and what aspirations of the wire audience are reflected in it.

The story of the alleged feat of Maria Vorontsova, who treated the wounded Russian military in the war zone, began to actively spread on February 2-3. He gained the most popularity in WhatsApp, Telegram and other instant messengers, however, publications of mailings are also found in Facebook, Instagram, X, "Zen"And on other platforms. On VKontakte, you can find examples of records that have collected Hundreds And even thousands reposts.

The newsletter itself looks like this (author's spelling and punctuation are preserved):

"The daughter of V.V. Putin, a candidate of medical sciences, a doctor of two specialties, a well -known endocrinologist and rheumatologist Maria Vorontsova, visited the zone with ordinary Russian soldiers. She organized a mobile hospital, where more than 10 thousand three hundred soldiers were cured.

In December 2024, the mobile hospital was surrounded by an enemy who dropped cassette bombs. M.V. Vorontsova, along with medical personnel and doctors, took out the wounded soldiers from the wagons. Maria Vorontsova carried four wounded, and when she assisted the fifth, Mina exploded nearby. She herself received shells, but, having gathered, continued to treat the wounded ...

President Vladimir Putin modestly did not report this. The doctor Maria Vorontsova, having been injured, was in the hospital, was treated, and now there is rehabilitation. Our president raised his daughter with dignity!

Many will probably find out about this soon.

(information from warriors)".

According to the Yandex.Vordstat service, Internet users began to be interested in news on this topic since January 26, while the first few days the number of requests like “Putin’s daughter” or “Putin’s daughter Wounded” was relatively small. Indeed, the viral newsletter became only on February 3, soon its text Placed some wire Telegram channels.

Who is Maria Vorontsova and how believ is the newsletter?

Vladimir Putin hides information about his children from the public. It is known that from marriage with his wife Lyudmila, terminated in 2013, the politician has two daughters: Maria and Katerina, Born In 1985 and 1986, respectively. Putin never appeared with them at public events, and only their children's photograph was published on the Kremlin’s official website. Nevertheless Authors numerous journalistic investigations found outthat the grown daughters of the Russian president live under other surnames: Maria - under the name of Vorontsova, Katerina - Tikhonova.

From answers to direct questions about communication with these women Putin consistently Leavingbut when, in April 2022, the United States imposed sanctions on them, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov in his commentary actually recognized their kinship with his boss, accusing Washington in the introduction of "restrictions on family members." It is noteworthy that state news agencies, regularly telling About Vorontsova, they never represent her as Putin’s daughter, although an unknown author of a viral mailing list does not question this fact into question.

Although in the text of Vorontsov, who dispersed by the messengers, he was called a doctor of two specialties, there is no reason to consider her a practitioner. In 2017, Putin's eldest daughter Protected A candidate dissertation at Moscow State University, this work was dedicated to children's endocrinology. Mainly with this topic Related Articles published by Vorontsova’s signature in academic magazines, her reports at conferences and comments in the media. In open sources there is no information that it is engaged in rheumatology or direct treatment of patients in recent years.

The viral text does not say exactly where, according to its authors, Vorontsova organized a mobile hospital and was injured. At the same time, it is specified that the described events occurred in December 2024. At the beginning of that month the tabloid ura.ru with reference to sources ReportedThat Vorontsova will visit the Kurgan in the near future, where he will discuss the creation of a medical university (confirm that the visit was held, “verified”). On December 16, Putin's eldest daughter Moderized Discussion at a scientific forum in Moscow. December 20 took place meeting of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Fundamental Medicine of Moscow State University, in which consists of Vorontsova. There were no reports that she (or ever earlier) was sent to the combat zone and even more so was injured there, in reputable sources.

Although this is explained by the “modesty” of Putin, who was silent about the “feat” of the daughter, the media controlled by the Kremlin as a whole rarely write about Vorontsova (probably due to a direct instruction from the administration of the Russian president). So, on the website of the State Agency TASS for 2024 Published About one and a half dozen materials with her comments on the topic of science and healthcare and not a single one about the events of her life. Independent publications also post news about Putin’s eldest daughter, not related to her academic career: Retell Investigations of activists about its multimillion -dollar earnings in their own company, Find Her new patents, Looking for In leaks, data on her air travel, Analyze The frequency of her performances at various forums, etc. But these media, which are quite closely following the few public appearance of Vorontsova, did not write anything about her appearance in the war zone - on the contrary, some released Notes exposing the popular text.

Finally, the number of military personnel, who were allegedly cured in an organized Vorontsova mobile hospital, raises questions. In the mailing list we are talking about thousands of people, while used In the Russian army, mobile hospitals calculated For several dozen patients who can be promptly stabilized and prepared for sending to the rear for full treatment. At the same time, the characteristics of the hospital and the duration of its work are not indicated in the viral text, therefore it is not possible to conduct calculations and assess the plausibility of the described situation.

Yakut front story?

The earliest of the discovered posts with a story about Putin’s daughter is published on January 31 Record In the Telegram channel Spiridon Borbuev. Until February last year, he He headed Department of Education of the Verkhneviluysky ulus (district) of the Republic of Sakha, as well as was The functionary of the party "United Russia" at the local level. It is noteworthy that Borbuev’s post was almost entirely written in the Yakut language, most likely because it was intended for “his”. In Russian, only general information about Vorontsova was given after the Yakut text about her alleged feat. (Author's spelling and punctuation are preserved. - Approx. Ed.)

“V.V. Putin Kyһa Mednauka candidate, Ikki professiyala on a doctor, Biller Endocrinologist Wonn Rheumatologist Maria Vorontsova Borostuo Azsyaa Soldataryn Kytary Swybyt. Mobile hospital Teriysibit. ONOO 10 Taһyynchattan Tahsa ThreeSotay Soldar Emtammitter.

2024 p. Ahsynnya iva mobile hospitals өstөhtөkhtөr tөgүrүybүtter, Harsa Suokh Boombalayabtar. 

M.V. Vorontsova medical staff, Byraastars Kitta Baaһyrbyt Sallaattara Vagonnartan TaһArtyas Syldybyt. Maria Vorontsova Tүөrt Baiyaһy sүgen tahaarbyt, baһis wounded byyyyһyy Syryttaҕyna, Chugas mines Estibit. Bayete Oskuolokҕa Taptaran Baran, Berebaeskiletet, Salgy Baaһyrbyttara Emtia Syldybyt ...

President Vladimir Putin Samaydik bo Tuһunan Billarbekke Syldyyt. Doctor Maria Vorontsova Baaran Khudatalga Sythan, Emtanen Baran, biligin renovation of Bar Soldar.

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Bo Tuһunan Mantan Yla Elbekhte Syrdallara Buoluo

Chahchytyn Bilbem, Ol Eren, Taala Suokhha Mas Hamsaabat. (for not confirmed information)

Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova (born April 28, 1985, Leningrad)-Russian children's endocrinologist, eldest daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Internal Diseases of the Faculty of Fundamental Medicine of Moscow State University, member of the Scientific Council of Moscow State University.

Vorontsova, together with the team, explores molecular processes, namely the effect of the parathormone on bone tissue, in particular stem cells.

In free from scientific activity, Vorontsov’s time goes to theaters and museums, attends concerts of classical and jazz music. The doctor emphasizes that he devotes to sports "at least a few hours a week", and is also fond of surfing and skis. "

The viral text in Russian, usually ending with a note like “information from warriors” and began to spread widely on February 3, and an earlier text in the Yakut language from the Telegram channel Borbuev (hereinafter-in the translation of Semyon Makarov*) are noticeably different.

These differences only seem unimportant. The text written in the Yakut language carries traces of two styles: on the one hand, an official, newspaper language, on the other - an oral story with folklore elements. The author admits conversational turnover (“Brilled the Hospital Bruthely”, “Hospital for the Three Hundreds”, “Putting the wounded on their backs”), and ends the story of the Yakut proverb, in terms of meaning similar to the Russian “Smoke without fire”. Moreover, this proverb completes the Yakut text in the same way as special formulas like “and I was there, I drank honey, it flowed on the mustache, but didn’t get into my mouth” at the end of Russian fairy tales. In the Russian text, all these features are leveled, and at the end, a link to warriors was added, which should give the story reliability. The word “warriors” of Russian military personnel involved in the invasion of Ukraine often call their support groups (for example, wives and mothers of mobilized ones).

A fragment about the number of wounded, allegedly cured in an organized Vorontsova hospital is especially notable. The Yakut text mentions the “10 thousand” three hundredth “soldiers”. This phrase is understandable to people associated with the front or familiar with modern military slang. "Three hundredth" - this is a wounded, that is, we are talking about the treatment of 10,000 wounded soldiers. However, the author of the translation into Russian missed this, and in his version Vorontsov allegedly cured more than 10,300 soldiers.

Thus, the Yakut text is clearly initial in relation to Russian. In the interval between January 31 and February 3, he was translated, “smutted”, ethnic features were removed from it, and the mailing list began to spread already through a wider Russian -speaking audience. 

However, Borbuev can hardly be considered a direct author of the version in the Yakut language. As can be seen from the schedule above, Yandex users began to be interested in the news of the wound that Vorontsov allegedly received, another five days before his post. It can be assumed that he was told this legend by a soldier who arrived from the front, or Borbuev read it in a group chat, where there are a lot of similar folklore stories.

Why did this legend arise?

The story of the “feat” of Putin’s daughter plot is close to episodes from the history of the 20th century, when the children of the heads of state and monarchs participated in hostilities or worked in the rear. For example, during the First World War, the daughter of Nicholas II, the Grand Duchess Olga and Tatyana, underwent training of the nursing and worked Like nurses in the Tsarskoye Selo Palace Hospital. In 1945, shortly after his 18th anniversary, the daughter of the British king George VI, the future Queen Elizabeth II, I acted to serve in a self -defense detachment, where she studied on a car mechanic. Both sons of Joseph Stalin fought: in the concentration camp of Skenhausen while trying to flee He was shot The eldest son, Yakov Dzhugashvili, and the youngest, Vasily, He was a military pilot. 

Such a fact in the biography of the ruler becomes for many people (usually his fans) to proof of the sincerity of his rhetoric - "the ruler of his native blood did not regret to protect his native people." And in Russian, and c Ukrainian Media space with varying degrees of regularity appears to send the elite children to the front, and it is no coincidence that quotes on this subject attributed to Churchill And General LebedThey are very popular. The viral text about Vorontsova, apparently, is called upon to show all doubts that Putin not only remembers the difficulties of Russians at the front, but supposedly risked sending his own daughter to the hospital in the war zone.

The proof of the existence of such a mythologist is the words of the Z-writer Tatyana Marugova, one of the ardent defenders of the legend of Vorontsova. She Published Viral text in your Telegram channel on February 4. Two days later, when for the newsletter They paid attention Independent media and anti -war bloggers, Marugova wrote An angry post, in which she accused the “liberath” of doubt about the feat of Putin's daughter. Its main argument sounds like this (author's spelling and punctuation preserved): 

“Both the last and the most important, only the enemy clogs that this cannot be. By screens of these people, one can determine who is against the authorities. Only those who hates Putin can outrage the information about the feat of his daughter. This does not fit into their matrix. And I’ll add, it is these people, I hold a bet, who do not put Tsar Nicholas in anything, it was his daughters during the First World War that organized hospitals and help to the wounded and worked as simple sisters of mercy. ”

As we can see, for Marugov’s disbelief in the feat of the president’s daughter, he rhymes with distrust of a very real (albeit inaccurately retold) story about the Great Princesses who worked in the hospital during the First World War. According to her logic, if Nicholas II sent his daughters to help the front, then Putin could do that too. For the marigic mythologist, “the king sacrifices his daughters for the good of the people and for victory” - sufficient evidence that the text about Vorontsova is truthful. She even illustrated her post about the authenticity of the newsletter photography The daughters of Nicholas II are in the form of nurses (but Putin still deleted the original post about Putin’s daughter).

Based on this, we can conclude that the story of the supposedly heroic participation of Putin’s daughter in hostilities is necessary for wandered Russians. For them, this story is the proof that the president of the country does not spare anything for the front. Apparently, this is the main reason why the legend not only arose, but also spread so widely.

The theme of the viral text-a heroic woman who saves the wounded under the enemy’s fire-refers to the stories about nurses that “endure the wounded from the battlefield in the zone of their own”. For example, in the spring of 2023 many wire Telegram channels And the media told the story of Christina Kim, who "pulled 12 paratroopers from the battlefield" (according to "" "Komsomolskaya Pravda", This was happening in the Kiev suburb of GOSTOL, and in the presentation Life.ru - Under Soledar in the Donbass). Popular and publications About the deceased nurse Yana with the call sign, chamomile, who "for three days carried 150 military from the battlefield."

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The semantic space of the naval telegram channels needs heroic narratives (and not only in the stories about the exploits of ordinary military personnel). It needs so that some popular resources They can publish As an necrologist, an obvious stuffing in which the first letters in the lines of supposedly the last verses of the young man, deceased At the front, they form the surname Putin and an obscene word. In this context, it is clear why the audience of such channels was a legend in which the hero of the head of state is a hero in the war, and he himself, according to the mailing list, worries about his child as well as thousands of inhabitants of the country.

*The author thanks Semyon Makarov for help translated from the Yakut language.

Photo on the cover: YouTube screenshot

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