Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia looked more like the American Wild West than a once-global Eurasian power. There were few clear rules and ample opportunities for financial and political gain — legal and otherwise — as well as a number of shrewd, larger-than-life personalities who could take advantage of those opportunities. Before Vladimir Putin took control of the government in 1999, an array of factions fought for control of the country's wealth, industries and politics, principal among them the siloviki, "The Family" and the oligarchs. Siloviki is a term used in Russia for men of power. The faction consists of former KGB and security service personnel, most of whom are Russian nationalists who want to see the country return to its former glory. In the 1990s, the siloviki typically controlled the Foreign and Interior ministries and the KGB's successor, the Federal Security Service (FSB).