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As we all know, at the beginning of Russia's independence, President Yeltsin implemented drastic "shock therapy", which not only failed to put Russia on the right track, but pushed Russia into an even more terminal situation. It even failed to win the first Chechen War. This was one of the important factors why Yeltsin suddenly resigned on the last day of the 20th century and handed over the baton to Putin.

However, Russia's pain did not disappear with Yeltsin's resignation, especially in the military field, where long-term pain has formed, including the loss of military talent, the difficult life of officers, the imbalance of military order, etc., which have become the norm. Even newly graduated military academy students have to apply for retirement because their wages are not enough to support their families.

President Putin, who was in power, saw this military crisis and realized that he had to find a loyal person who had nothing to do with military interests to lead the military reform. He then set his sights on Serdyukov, the son-in-law of Zubkov, Putin's "close comrade-in-arms" in St. Petersburg, and appointed him as the second civilian defense minister of the Russian Army a year before he stepped down as president.

As the first person promoted directly from Director of the Federal Tax Service of Russia to Minister of Defense of the Russian Army, Serdyukov first brought his former subordinates in the tax system to the Russian Ministry of Defense to form a reform team. He gave no face to the professional generals of the Russian Army and initiated radical reforms, which was more in line with Putin's wishes.