Struggle in Soviet Russia

At the door of the operating room on the third floor of the hospital, all the members of the Politburo who had been waiting here were there, except for Comrade Khrushchev who was far away in Ukraine, and Comrade Kaganovich who went to Odessa to inspect the work. There were not many members of the Politburo. They stood outside the corridor, watching the signal light above the entrance to the operating room. At this time, the red light was still on, indicating that the rescue of Comrade Kalinin was not over yet.

Comrade Kalinin has been the head of state in the Union for almost half his life, but to be honest, this position is not suitable for him. He should be best at education. Perhaps because of this, he has a very good temper. There are no enemies with prominent contradictions, so the people who came to the hospital at this moment to wait for news will be so complete.

Victor followed behind Comrade Stalin, walked out of the elevator, and stopped directly on the spot. He did not follow Comrade Stalin to the direction of the door of the rescue room. All the members of the Politburo were waiting there. Later, Comrade Stalin was likely to To discuss with them about mourning, what he had been listening to in the past was not appropriate. Like him, Comrade Boskrebyshev did not follow him, and it is clear that Comrade Grand Secret is very conscious in this regard.

Seeing Comrade Stalin appearing at the door of the elevator, everyone who had been waiting outside the door of the emergency room greeted them one after another, but the one walking in front of the crowd was not Comrade Zhdanov, but a rather burly-looking man. The old man, this person Viktor knows, he is Kaftaladze, Sergei Ivanovich Kaftaladze, the current Deputy People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and the Union Ambassador to Romania.

Of course, the reason why he was able to walk ahead of others was not because of how high his position was or how respected his status was, but because of his extraordinary relationship with Comrade Stalin. One of these people was counted as one, but there really wasn't any of them. In terms of personal relations, it was closer than that between Kaftaladze and Comrade Stalin.

In the 1970s and 1980s, there was an article in the Chinese textbook for the first grade of junior high school in China, "Underground Printing House in Tbilisi". It was secretly founded by Comrade Stalin in 1903. Among the series of important members of the printing house involved, in addition to Comrade Stalin, there were Comrade Avel Savronovich Yenukidze and Comrade Grigory Konstantinovich Ordzhonikidze.

These three people were the "Three Musketeers" in the Georgian revolutionary organization at that time, and Kaftaladze worked under the three men at that time. Therefore, his relationship with Comrade Stalin is really extraordinary.

Of course, Comrade Stalin is not a person who particularly cares about his old feelings, especially in the years when the political struggle was relatively cruel. In the Georgian Iron Triangle, Comrade Yenukidze was shot and Comrade Ordzhonikidze committed suicide. Now, Kaftaladze was first expelled from the party and then sentenced to death. If he hadn’t written a letter to Comrade Stalin to confess his repentance, he would probably have gone to see Comrade Lenin by now. Therefore, he has a personal relationship with Comrade Stalin. Not something to brag about.

Seeing Comrade Stalin and the crowd converge, Victor turned his head and glanced at Comrade Boskrebyshev, who was frowning slightly. He was about to say something when he heard a long beep from the direction of the emergency room. Ming, and then, the originally closed double door was opened from the inside, and several doctors in white coats came out from the door.

Victor stopped the urge to speak, and he looked in the direction of the emergency room.

At this moment, a doctor wearing a light blue dust-free cap had walked up to Comrade Stalin and was talking to him in a low voice. After a while, Victor saw the doctor turn around and entered with Comrade Stalin and his party. emergency room.

"It seems that the situation is indeed not very optimistic," Comrade Boskrebyshev sighed and whispered after seeing this situation.

Indeed, if the rescue is successful, then everyone should not enter the emergency room, but go to the ward. After all, the patient will be transferred to the ward instead of staying in the emergency room. Now, instead of going through this procedure, Directly letting the people who came to visit enter the emergency room, which mostly means that the person is no longer alive, and even gives everyone a chance to admire and disguise.

"Perhaps, this is a relief for Comrade Mikhail Ivanovich," Victor said in a erratic tone, looking in the direction of the emergency room.

Comrade Boskrebyshev nodded, but said nothing.

In the past few years, Comrade Kalinin's condition has deteriorated step by step. In the process, he has suffered a lot of pain. As Victor said, for a terminally ill patient like him, death is really a kind of Sad as it is, but a choice that can relieve pain.

There are many people in the corridor. In addition to a large number of guards, there are also assistants and secretaries of many comrades of the Politburo. In addition, there are busy doctors and nurses, but even so, the whole corridor is full of people. The quiet needle drop can be heard, not even the sound of breathing, everyone is trying to keep quiet, lest they make some noise and cause trouble for themselves.

Comrade Stalin and his party entered the emergency room. After about ten minutes, they came out of the door with a serious face. After that, Comrade Stalin walked back with a blank expression and got on the elevator without saying a word.

Seeing this posture, Victor could basically guess the result. He hurriedly followed Comrade Boskrebyshev to the elevator and went downstairs with Comrade Stalin.

"Two things," Comrade Stalin said suddenly, looking at Comrade Boskrebyshev, at the same time the elevator came to a stop following a turbulence when it went down to the first floor, "First, in the name of the Central Committee, Issue a notice to all Union institutions, republics and states, including the People's Committee, announcing the unfortunate death of Comrade Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin, requesting the institutions, republics and states to organize their own related memorial services.”

Comrade Boskrebyshev nodded hastily, indicating that he remembered.

"The second thing," continued Comrade Stalin, "is a notice issued in the name of the Central Committee that the widow and family of Comrade Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin may continue to live in their present house , the corresponding treatment and benefits remain unchanged.”

Comrade Boskrebyshev nodded again and said, "I'll make arrangements immediately."

Viktor listened, and he could be sure that Comrade Stalin still had feelings for Comrade Kalinin, which was evident from the way he addressed Kalinin.

He was mulling over it in his mind, when he suddenly heard Comrade Stalin calling his name.

"Victor, on behalf of the Secretariat of the Central Committee, you take the lead in organizing the funeral committee," Comrade Stalin said. "The members of the funeral group should include every comrade in the Politburo. As for the members of the funeral committee, the members of the funeral group can be responsible for recommending them. You are in charge of coordinating the work."

"Okay, I'll start making arrangements immediately." Victor nodded and said.

To be honest, in his two lifetimes, Victor has never worked on the funeral committee. In his previous life, he was not even a member of the Red and White Council. Therefore, it can be said that he has no experience in this regard. However, since Comrade Stalin has already ordered his generals, he cannot help shrinking back, not to mention that it doesn't matter if he has no work experience in this field, he can still ask someone to ask.

Earlier, when Comrade Shcherbakov passed away, who formed his funeral committee? That's right, it was Comrade Popov, so he took Shcherbakov's class later. However, the organization of the funeral committee is different from the person in charge of the funeral committee. Victor never thought that he would be able to take Comrade Kalinin's class. He was a bit far from that position.

At this time, Comrade Boskrebyshev had already opened the elevator door, and a group of people walked out of the elevator.

Comrade Stalin strode through the hospital anteroom, even reaching the door with his hand up to touch his pocket.

Victor knew that he was taking out a cigarette, and originally wanted to take the initiative to hand over his cigarette, but finally held back. Comrade Boskrebyshev, who was walking on the other side, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and brought them to Comrade Stalin.

Victor secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The reason why he temporarily gave up smoking cigarettes for Comrade Stalin was because Comrade Boskrebyshev was present and offered this hospitality in front of Comrade Secret. The gain would be far greater than the loss. After all, he gave Stalin a Comrade Stalin may not take the first cigarette of a comrade to heart, but if he stole the life of Comrade Great Secretary, most Comrade Secretaries will have an opinion on him.

Coming to the door of the hospital, Comrade Stalin stopped, he lit the cigarette in his mouth with the fire handed by Comrade Boskrebyshev, and then stood on the edge of the rain canopy, looking at The light rain outside the rain-covered eaves was stunned.

If he doesn't leave, the people behind him naturally dare not leave. Victor can see that this leader is in a very bad mood at the moment. Comrade Kalinin's death must have brought him some kind of touch. , life and death, this is a cycle that no one can escape, but as you get older, there are fewer and fewer people around you, and you are getting closer and closer to the day of death, even if you are the most beautiful Those who are able to open, I am afraid there will be some fears.

Death itself is not scary, what is scary is annihilation...

Of course Victor is also afraid of death, but at the same time he is afraid of death, he seems to have an expectation of death, because he really wants to know that if he dies again, he can be reborn in another time and space from time to time.