It was when he was enrolled in it (1980) and when he graduated from it (1987). That's how education worked back then. If you wanna study cryptography, you go T

It was when he was enrolled in it (1980) and when he graduated from it (1987). That's how education worked back then. If you wanna study cryptography, you go The Technical Faculty of the KGB Higher School, now known as Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications and Computer Science (FSB still runs it). One could say it's even comparable to National Intelligence University: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Intelligence_University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Intelligence_Universi... > In June 2021, the University officially transferred from the Defense Department to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to better serve the diverse and varied needs of its students and the United States intelligence enterprise.