USSR 1991

When Putin said this, Yakovlev had stopped struggling, his pupils slowly spread, his hands were hanging powerlessly on the seat, but there was resentment, viciousness and unwillingness in his eyes.He believed that he would die in the hands of Yanayev, but he didn't expect to leave with hatred in such a humiliating way.

Putin picked up the noose and threw it to the KGB agents, and said calmly, "Hang Yakovlev from the ceiling, and then arrange the scene properly before exiting the room. This is what you are best at. Remember, arrange as much as possible." Kind of like a suicide scene."

That night, a shocking news came from Moscow TV. The head of the Soviet Propaganda Department committed suicide at home that afternoon. Members of the All-Soviet Communist Party Committee will attend his funeral.The death of Yakovlev pushed the purge of government members to a peak.Those officials who couldn't sleep at night realized for the first time how happy it was to be arrested by the KGB, because you didn't know when you died at home inexplicably, and then you were labeled as a suicide.

The political turmoil brought about by Black September is still continuing. Everyone is praying to God with their eyes closed that the storm will pass soon. Only the members of the Disciplinary Inspection Committee are running back and forth across the country to collect criminal evidence and send those who have not yet been punished to death. Go to a prison in Siberia for reform.

Chapter 33 Inquisition

This is the first time that Alexander Solzhenitsyn took up the pen to write a story about a dictator. Before that, whether it was "Gulag Archipelago" or "Matrona's House", Solzhenitsyn only aimed at the Communist Party of the Soviet Union In his eyes, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is an evil political organization formed by countless greedy people for rights to oppress human rights.

Sometimes Solzhenitsyn thought that if there hadn't been that damned purge, maybe he would have been promoted from artillery captain to major, and then became a hero in the Great Patriotic War, respected and loved by the people.Instead of working in obscurity in a reform-through-labor camp in Kazakhstan.Originally those medals and honors belonged to him, but fate made him an enemy of the Soviet.

Thinking of this, Solzhenitsyn picked up the pen and wrote the first sentence on the paper, "On a peaceful night on August 1937, 8, a baby cried in the peaceful village of Perevoz, Gorky Region. The newborn The son's parents were celebrating that they finally had a child, and the man named Yanayev named the newborn Gennady Ivanovich Yanayev. They just didn't know that the child would be born in An important role in the future Soviet state. A veritable tyrant, a man who was the antithesis of liberal democracy."

Yanayev walked down the narrow corridor. His last opponent was Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze, Gorbachev's right-hand man who destroyed the communist world.With his support, the countries of Eastern Europe were allowed to go their own way without being fettered by the Soviet Union.He also refused to intervene when the Communist Party of Eastern Europe called on the Soviet Union to intervene militarily to deal with the democratization movement that was beginning to sweep across Eastern Europe.

Shevardnadze's follies paved the way for most of Eastern Europe to complete its democratization campaign peacefully.He is said to have repeatedly told hardliners: "We should now realize that socialism, friendship, neighbourhood, and mutual respect cannot be achieved with bayonets, tanks, and blood."

Both communists and Russian nationalists considered his approach treasonous, and some of his longtime figures in Moscow were seen as villains.After the fall of Gorbachev and Yeltsin, the warm soil for Shevardnadze to continue to promote democratic reforms has come to an end.

However, Yanayev still has a headache about how to bring down Shevardnadze, because he has established a reputation for being strict and serious. For example, Shevardnadze uses public transportation on the way to work instead of Politburo members. Sedan available.For example, Shevardnadze is clean and has never embezzled any property belonging to the state. This is a rare sight in a corrupt bureaucracy.But it is even more difficult to find a breakthrough from Shevardnadze and throw him into prison.

If it wasn't for Shevardnadze's wholehearted desire to join the republic out of the control of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Yanayev really wanted to sit down with this guy to chat about the past and ask him if he wanted to join his staff group.

"Comrade Yanayev, walking into my office so openly without saying hello is an impolite way of greeting." Seeing Yanayev pushing the door, Shevardnadze still Facing the iron-blooded dictator very calmly, after all, apart from inconsistent political positions, it is difficult for the old fox to catch Yanayev.

"Isn't this here specially to meet my old friend? Comrade Shevardnadze." Yanayev sat opposite him with a smile, testing each other bit by bit.

"Ahem, shouldn't Comrade Yanayev start a wonderful anti-revolutionary movement within the entire Soviet Union? It is said that after the anti-revolutionary movement started, many worried officials were 'suicide' in fear of crime." Cheval There was something in Denadze's words, and he stared at Yanayev with deep meaning, "I heard that my old friend Yakovlev also became one of the victims of suicide, and he was also the top leader of the Soviet Communist Party who committed suicide. Right?"

"Of course you will be fine, Comrade Shevardnadze." Yanayev said, spreading his arms, "Look, what a great communist fighter, he works hard and is clean. Compared with those moths, he is almost He is a role model for socialist builders. It's a pity..." Yanayev took a deep breath deliberately, "It's a pity that he made a more serious mistake, that is, changing the ideological line, which is more hateful than collecting money .”

"Oh?" Shevardnadze raised his eyebrows, "You are trying to inflict crimes, Comrade Yanayev. Since when did I become a traitor to the free world? Ideology is not as good as it is today. It cannot be used as evidence to convict."

Yanayev looked at Shevardnadze as if he were an old and respectable opponent.Of course, if he hadn't found a way to defeat Shevardnadze, Yanayev wouldn't be standing here so openly.

"It's a pity that you forgot one thing about you, that is your daughter, oh, and your wife, do you really think I don't know about the nasty things they do in private?" Yanayev looked at the clown performance Looking at Shevardnadze in the same way, "I keep saying that I am a clean and honest person, but I allow my relatives to amass money wantonly, do you really think we are all fools?"

In the original timeline, after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Shevardner served as the second president of Georgia, but indulged his wife and daughter in corruption activities, which turned Georgia into one of the most corrupt countries in the world.A corrupt country with a clean president sounds like a darkly humorous joke.And the smile on the corner of Shevardnadze's mouth also slowly disappeared following Yanayev's words.

"What do you want?" Shevardnadze was uneasy in his heart, but pretended to be calm on the surface.He has seen Yanayev's methods before, so he doesn't want his family to become the next Yakovlev. Yanayev didn't directly bypass Shevardnadze for trial, so he knew his ultimate goal Still aiming at myself.

"Abdicate." Yanayev said succinctly, "You resign from the position of foreign minister of the Soviet Union, and I will help you. I will not make trouble for those small dark houses that your family made. If you are still stubborn Don't blame me for being cruel."

Shevardnadze lowered his eyes and said helplessly, "I promise you, Yanayev."

"'The Dictator' finally tore off all the hypocritical masks at this moment, revealing that sinister, dark face of the city. He used the most vicious means to attack those dissidents and played them with applause. The people Began to fear him, his friends beware of him, it seems that everyone has become an enemy at this moment. But the 'dictator' is not alone, and he doesn't mind, because his goal is to become the greatest ruler ,tsar."

After writing this, Solzhenitsyn put down his pen, read through his manuscript contentedly, then hesitated when he was about to finish writing, and finally changed it to another sentence.

Chapter 34 Suicide

A political cartoon recently released by the British BBC has attracted the attention of many people in the international community. Yanayev is portrayed wearing a crown and holding a scepter standing in front of a cage, and those who stay in the cage are all his former friends. opponents and enemies.The name of the comic is "The New Czar of the East?" ", a big question mark was used at the end, implying that Yanayev used the anti-corruption campaign to attack those dissidents.

The spoofing of the country's top leader aroused the indignation of the Soviet people, especially after Yanayev cracked down on those bureaucrats and regained the love of the people.Although the image of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union has not changed much, the vast majority of people have gradually begun to agree with the supreme leader, and Yanayev's image-building propaganda is also very successful, thanks to Yakovlev not continuing to serve as the leader of the Soviet Union. The role of the pig teammate is gone.

Of course, Yanayev would not care about the irony of the BBC. In fact, he also thought about the scene of being admired by thousands of people if he wore a crown on his head.Of course, as a staunch communist, this idea is limited to his mind.But he still signaled JoongAng Ilbo to publish an article refuting the BBC's political cartoons.

"As a 'mouthpiece' dedicated to promoting democracy and freedom, the BBC has contributed a lot to the equality of the world. In their publicity, Wu Tingyan and Park Zhengxi are representatives of democracy and prosperity. The tower is a symbol of the free world. Of course, the spokespersons of the free world supported by the Americans were eventually buried under bullets or exiled outside the country he controlled. And a man who is committed to improving people's livelihood, fighting corruption, and establishing the rule of law The top leader of the society has been criticized as a dictatorial and brutal image. I really want to know how the BBC's double standards define democracy and freedom. "Freedom, how many crimes are committed by your hands." Of course, the BBC will also double appropriately. Ignore the words of the French revolutionary Madame Roland blindly. Because they are dogs loyal to the political party, not people who really speak for the people.”

After this article came out, it caused an uproar in the public opinion. It was the first time that the BBC was slapped in the face so directly, so everyone was looking forward to the BBC's rebuttal, but the latter was silent, deliberately avoiding it as if it had nothing to say. this topic.

Of course, Yanayev will not quarrel with these fast-running Western reporters. In his view, it is stupid to humbly accept the opinions of reporters who disagree with the president. He does not believe these people who have no scientific common sense. Unscrupulous mouthpieces can expect them to say those fair words, reporter?It's just a selective way to let you know the so-called truth.

And there is one more important thing in Yanayev's heart. Moscow's September political purge movement is finally drawing to a close. As the political turmoil gradually stabilized, a group of people who were on the wrong side of the Soviet high-level political circle were exiled Traveling to the ice and snow of Siberia with polar bears, there is a group of people who are not so lucky. They were sentenced to death for embezzling huge amounts of money.And the kind mentioned by Yanayev himself.

"Chernovilkin, former Minister of Gas Industry, sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life."

"Medezhinsky, former Deputy Minister of Metallurgical Industry, sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life."

……

These high-level officials who turned into Russian oligarch tycoons in the future ruined their political careers because of Yanayev’s accidental crossing. Perhaps they had resentment against Yanayev in their hearts, but thinking of this person’s With iron and blood methods and his control of the KGB, the largest terrorist organization in the Soviet Union, everyone will shut their mouths silently.

The rotation of the state violence machine, the gears crushed Gorbachev's democratization process accumulated over the years into pieces in just one month, and then the steel tracks crushed it hard, letting everyone know that the Soviet Union Russia does not need your disgusting and hypocritical democracy, nor your strange and distorted values ​​in the West.Yanayev has even more formidable weapons of domination than theirs.

legal system.

So there are countless officials who have been sent to the "communist gallows" these days. They will be sent to the execution platform after passing the court's first and second trial sentences. Those ashen-faced people seem to have known their end a long time ago. It maintains an empty shell state where the soul has been stripped, and some still have a little fantasy, appealing to those who are not convinced by the judgment, but the result is often to uphold the original judgment.Those who escaped the gallows by chance also received ten years in prison.

In the past few days, countless high-level officials have been sent to the execution ground to be shot. Just like in the great purge decades ago, many people were deprived of their lives by bullets without much chance to defend themselves.And Yanayev gave them a chance to defend, just let you make a statement, and I still maintain the original judgment.I give you the chance to speak, but I also have the right to judge.

Shevardnadze saw from the newspaper that those old friends who used to sit and laugh together turned into portraits of black and white photos. He couldn't help but clenched his hands with a bloodless face. With pale lips, he remembered Yanayev before he left. The words I said to him caused the most instinctive sense of fear in my heart.

"To be honest, Shevardnadze, I have a sympathy for you. You are indeed a good person, but you chose a wrong path. After you resigned from the post of Soviet foreign minister, if you can stop me Let it go. But if you still want to fight back, sorry, the Ministry of Internal Affairs cannot guarantee the safety of you and your family."

Yanayev’s words have been made obvious, but Shevardnadze continued to make waves in the political arena relying on his previous identity. He once wanted to unite with the remaining democrats to oppose Yanayev’s dictatorship rule, but only a few days after the meeting, most of those people have become black and white portraits in the photos.

"You won, Yanayev, from my political allies to friends, and even my family, is this the way you want to force me to submit? It's despicable and effective. You don't want to do it yourself. You just forced me to commit suicide, you really have a skill.” Shevardnadze opened the desk drawer, took out a Makarov pistol from it, and said to himself while stuffing bullets into the magazine, “No It’s more painful than watching important people around you lose one by one, Yanayev, are you warning me that my family will be next? Your method of torturing people is indeed novel, and I will let you get what you want once. Probably Only when I die, will you be willing to let the people around me go."

The decisive Shevardnadze put the muzzle of the gun into his mouth, closed his eyes, and said silently, "Goodbye, everyone, but the great cause of freedom will not stop here."

Then his index finger on the trigger slowly bent down.

Chapter 35 Disarmament in the Far East

When the political situation in the Soviet Union stabilized a little bit, Yanayev finally had the opportunity to start a surgical dismantling of the equally bloated Soviet army. For him, huge military expenditures are no different from another burden that weighs heavily on the Soviet Union. So a massive downsizing had to be done.The first to bear the brunt is the Far Eastern Military Region, which Yanayev believes is the least necessary to maintain a large armed force.

To this end, he had to hold a necessary meeting with the diehards in the military department. General Varennikov, commander-in-chief of the army department, Yazov, minister of defense, and Akhromeyev, chief of the general staff of the Soviet armed forces. However, the commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern Military Region, Viktor Chechevatov, is the object of his persuasion. Of course, the difficulty of convincing these old stubborn people is tantamount to the successful launch of the Soviet N1 moon landing rocket in Baikonur.

Viktor Chechevatov, who was in a complicated mood, rushed from Khabarovsk to Moscow. During the August [-] coup, the commander-in-chief of the Far Eastern Military Region was a loyal guard on Yanayev's side, but he did not Thinking that not long after the turmoil, the Far East Army will face the fate of being abolished. How is this different from crossing the river and demolishing the bridge?There are not a few people who have the same mood as him, both Akhromeyev and Yazov are his sympathizers.

So when Yanayev stepped into the conference room, a group of red generals with threatening eyes made him feel a sense of awe in his heart, but for the future development of the Soviet Union, he had to bite the bullet and be this villain .

"Everyone, I'm here today to discuss one thing with you, the issue of disarmament in the Far East." Yanayev didn't say too much, and went straight to the point, "The confrontation between China and the Soviet Union for many years has led us to hoard A large-scale military force, but no war has ever broken out, so we have to spend a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to maintain the daily life of this army, which is fatal to the Soviet economy."

Akhromeyev was about to speak, but Yanayev stopped him. He continued, "In the east of the Sino-Soviet border, the Far Eastern Military Region has 3 army groups and 1 infantry army, a total of 18 motorized infantry divisions, and 1 tank. Division and 2 airborne assault brigades. The total strength of the Soviet Army in Asia is 127 million, with 14300 tanks and 4200 aircraft. The Soviet Army has a total of 59 divisions in Asia, 45 of which are close to the Sino-Soviet border, totaling 67.5 People. I wonder if we need so many troops to guard against an impossible war, is it really necessary?"

"It is very necessary, President Yanayev." Akhromeyev was the first to stand up to refute Yanayev's words, "The reason why the Soviet Union has a powerful force that Americans fear is because we have a powerful, An invincible armed force. It can also warn those restless neighbors in the south that the Far East exists as a back garden, and no one can touch it."

Yanayev raised his eyebrows and said softly, "Oh? But I read your previous report that the Soviet army needs at least 120 to 150 million army troops to attack the eastern part of the Sino-Soviet border. The northernmost military region of the neighbor conducts a concentric assault, and uses one front army to conduct a diversionary attack on their capital's capital military region. This requires the mobilization of two front armies, 1 group army command systems and their direct units, and 2 army divisions to the Zabaikal and Far East military regions. , to reach the scale of 14 divisions of 67 group armies of 4 front armies. With the transportation capacity of the Siberian Railway in the Soviet Union, it will take at least 20 days for all the troops to be in place. The stockpiles and transportation capacity of the Soviet army in the Far East are not enough to support them. The actual purpose of the Soviet army’s hoarding of troops is to “let neighbors in the south sit at the negotiating table.” The focus of the Soviet Union is still on Europe. These words are from you Akhromeyev To sum it up, could it be that the old general himself is getting old and his memory is a bit bad?"

Yanayev still has a certain respect for Akhromeyev, the final general of the Red Army. After all, he has devoted himself to the Red Empire, a true Communist, and a great patriot.

Akhromeyev was at a loss for words for a while. He didn't expect Yanayev to refute himself with the previous report, but he resolutely said, "But if you want to abolish all the armed forces in the Far East, it will cause chaos in the Far East. The emptiness of defense will also give Americans a feeling that the Soviet Union is exhausted, and then they will persecute the Soviet Union even more relentlessly. Also, how do you plan to arrange others for the millions of disarmament that have been dealt with? They cannot be exiled at will How about the domestic? What about the dismantled tanks and armored vehicles? What about fighter jets?"

"Calm down, Chief of General Staff Akhromeyev, I have thought of ways to deal with all the measures you mentioned, and now I will tell you one by one." Yanayev refrained from saying one by one. To slap your face, "I think everyone knows that after the end of World War II, our army, on the basis of earnestly summarizing the experience and lessons during the war, further carried forward the German blitzkrieg thinking, with the basic concept of large depth and high speed as the basic concept of combat, coupled with The huge ground forces and advanced weapons and equipment formed the most powerful ground force during the confrontation period, the torrent of red steel."