There should be no doubt that Putin's father is an ordinary soldier and his mother is an ordinary worker, otherwise he would have been fired. Putin studied law and graduated from Leningrad University, now St. Petersburg University. St Petersburg, Putin's hometown, is a city with great history and culture. The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum was held just two days ago.
After graduating from Putin University, he became a KGB agent, and then he was sent to work in East Germany until 1990 when East Germany and West Germany merged. During his work, he met some important people in his later years, such as later Russian Defense Minister Ivanov, St. Petersburg Mayor sobchak and others.
There is a saying that men are afraid of getting into the wrong business, so the first job is very important. What many people do after graduating from college may be what they have done all their lives, and their personal connections may be in that circle, so it is difficult to get out, and it is almost certain how high and far their life can climb.
After the merger of Germany and Germany, Putin returned to his hometown of St. Petersburg and worked as a consultant and secretary in St. Petersburg University and St. Petersburg Municipal Government until he became the mayor of St. Petersburg. During this period, he met a fellow villager and an alumnus of St. Petersburg University. He is the current Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Many of his colleagues who worked here were later transferred to Moscow by him to either manage state-owned enterprises or enter the inner circle of the Kremlin.
Using his previous contacts, Putin later left St. Petersburg for Moscow, worked in a state organ, and gradually got closer and closer to the then Russian President Yeltsin, as well as the Russian oligarchs who had a good relationship with Yeltsin. In fact, the political direction of Russia at that time was decided by Yeltsin and his oligarchs. They all agree that Putin is more reliable and can be trained as the next president.
When they reached an agreement on this successor, the oligarchs began to use their contacts, controlled media and huge funds to promote Putin, and gradually sent him to the core of the power class, from deputy prime minister, prime minister, acting president and president. By 2000, Putin officially ran for the Russian president. It took him only ten years to change from a KGB agent to a president. His ability, connections and luck are indispensable, which can be described as the right place at the right time.
I won't tell the following story. The following story is basically about how Putin eliminated dissidents, cleaned up the oligarchs who threatened him, shaped his personal image, consolidated his power and carried out confrontational international diplomacy. This is another question.