▁Russia , ▁Put in ' s ▁mach o ▁image ▁has ▁been ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁par ody . ▁Put in ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁self ▁conscious ▁about ▁his ▁height ▁which ▁has ▁been ▁estimated ▁by ▁Kre ml in ▁ins iders ▁at ▁between ▁ 1 5 5   cm ▁( 5   ft ▁ 2 ▁in ) ▁and ▁ 1 6 5   cm ▁( 5   ft ▁ 5 ▁in ) ▁tall , ▁but ▁is ▁usually ▁given ▁at ▁ 1 7 0   cm ▁( 5   ft ▁ 7 ▁in ). ▁ ▁Notable ▁examples ▁of ▁Put in ' s ▁advent ures ▁include : ▁flying ▁military ▁j ets , ▁demonstr ating ▁mart ial ▁arts , ▁r iding ▁horses , ▁ra ft ing , ▁and ▁fish ing ▁and ▁sw imming ▁in ▁a ▁cold ▁Si ber ian ▁river , ▁many ▁of ▁which ▁he ▁did ▁bare ▁ch ested . ▁Other ▁examples ▁are ▁desc ending ▁in ▁a ▁deep water ▁subm ers ible , ▁tran qu il izing ▁t ig ers ▁and ▁polar ▁be ars , ▁r iding ▁a ▁motor bi ke , ▁co - p il oting ▁a ▁fire f ight ing ▁plane ▁to ▁dump ▁water ▁on ▁a ▁ra ging ▁fire , ▁shooting ▁d arts ▁at ▁wh ales ▁from ▁a ▁cross bow ▁for ▁e co - track ing , ▁driving ▁a ▁race ▁car , ▁sc uba ▁div ing ▁at ▁an ▁arch ae ological ▁site , ▁attempting ▁to ▁lead ▁end anger ed ▁c ran es ▁in ▁a ▁motor ized ▁hang ▁gl ider , ▁and ▁catch ing ▁large ▁fish . ▁