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When the soviet union receded into history at the end of 1991, it took with it the boris yeltsin was president of the newly formed russian federation. a country that had to create itself from the ground up. >> it was a wild test time. there were no clear laws, there was a new parliament that was trying to make laws. there was no real system in place. >> crime was rampant. basic necessities unavailable. and unemployment was widespread. but 39-year-old vladimir putin was a lot better off than many other russians, he had a job. he had befriended an tolly sochat. a leningrad university law

Other russians, he had a job. he had befriended an tolly sochat. a leningrad university law professor who became the city's first elected mayor. and appointed put ton his administration. >> he was just one of the guys who was working with my father. and he came to our home and they wore our clothes but putin was always a workaholic. he didn't like to be in the spotlight. >> by 1993 put-become deputy mayor of st. petersburg, the city like all of russia, was struggling. boris yeltsin's government of democratic reformers fought to transform a failed state-run economy into a capitalist system. yel...