Struggle in Soviet Russia

History is like a magnificent and strange picture, shrouded in layers of mist, when you are outside it, it seems that everything is a mystery, and you can't see clearly, but once you are in it, you feel that everything is very simple. , no mystery at all.

In the various film and television works of later generations, in the so-called "memoirs" and in non-fiction literature, especially in the West, most of the images of Comrade Stalin are negative. He is evil, cruel, sinister, and hysterical. It's like a mental patient, but he has cultivated some kind of clever tricks in a mental hospital, so that he doesn't need to have the outstanding eloquence like Hitler, nor the personal charm of Comrade Lenin, just rely on his tiger body. With a shock and a glance, the majority of the Bolshevik Party will follow him with all their heart, and will firmly maintain him at the core of the party, helping him through the difficult years of the transition period.

In addition, the people of the alliance will support him almost fanatically, and regard him as a **** to some extent. When Comrade Khrushchev criticized Comrade Stalin, he criticized him for his personality cult, but there is a very crucial point. The problem is that this kind of personal worship is not decided by the person's own will. It does not mean that anyone who wants to engage in personality worship can do it. At least, he needs a place where people can worship. In the years before Viktor's rebirth, the "orange man" in the lighthouse country also wanted to have a personality cult, but he ended up being lonely.

All in all, the same sentence, Comrade Stalin was just a mortal man. In his era, he was a great man, but he was not a **** or a saint. , there will also be greed and desire, etc., and naturally he will make mistakes. It is not realistic to say that he has always been right and has never made a wrong decision.

But for materialists, when judging a person, shouldn’t right be right and wrong be wrong, not only to affirm the other’s achievements, but also to see clearly the other’s mistakes?

To be honest, in Victor's eyes, Comrade Stalin today is not only not a demonic existence, on the contrary, he seems a bit pitiful.

Although today's Comrade Stalin is not very old, he is also an old man in his seventies. His relationship with his family is not very harmonious, and it can even be said that he lacks the kind of warmth that ordinary people's families have. At the same time, he He doesn't have any real friends. Fa Xiao, who grew up with Mud in those days, has all been lost in the past struggles, and now those who gather around him can't get his true trust. In general, he is not only an old man, but also a very lonely old man, and the death of Comrade Kalinin obviously strengthened his loneliness.

Interestingly, in the current power core of the alliance, there are not a few people like Comrade Stalin, for example... Comrade Malenkov.

As the head of state of the alliance, the death of Comrade Kalinin is definitely a big event. In the following days, all major countries in the world have arranged special envoys to come to Moscow. On the one hand, they came to express their condolences according to etiquette. Also came to hear the news. As mentioned earlier, the death of Comrade Kalinin means that the old equilibrium of the core power layer of the alliance has been broken, and this imbalance may not affect the stability of the Politburo in the short term, but it will take a long time. , the disadvantages will be revealed one by one.

The coalition still implements the principle of democratic centralism. Although Comrade Stalin's personal prestige is very high, in the Politburo, when discussing certain issues, the final decision is still based on the number of votes. In the past so many years, the reason why Comrade Stalin has been able to ensure that his decision-making can be approved in the discussions of the Politburo is because the old equilibrium situation exists, and he can ensure that in the discussions of various issues , the votes in favor of themselves always have the majority.

With the death of Comrade Kalinin, this situation no longer exists. If there is no new equilibrium situation, then even Comrade Stalin cannot guarantee that his proposal will always be successfully adopted in the discussions of the Politburo.

In this way, a question arises. No matter who can take over the position of Comrade Kalinin, it is not trivial in today's world. After all, the Soviet Union is now seeking a new world hegemony.

In addition to the special envoys from various countries gathered in Moscow, under the call of the Central Committee, various types of mourning activities have also been organized in various parts of the alliance. - Don't use the thinking of modern people to consider the people's hearts of that era. In the years just after the end of the Great Patriotic War, for the Soviets, once a central leader like Comrade Kalinin died, it was definitely a big event. In the mourning activities, people's tears were not acting, and some were really showing their true feelings.

According to Comrade Stalin's order, Viktor became the organizer of Comrade Kalinin's funeral committee. Originally, according to his idea, this work should be very tedious, but it turns out that he really thinks too much, because in the operation procedure of the alliance , there are special procedures and responsible institutions for issues related to funeral care.

Just after leaving the Granovsky Street Hospital and returning to the Kremlin, someone from the Central Committee Office came to the door and sent a list for him to consider and sign, and the people involved in this list, It is Comrade Kalinin's funeral committee. Who can be on this list and who can't be on this list is up to Victor to decide.

Of course, this Lord Viktor would not do it. He just sent the list to Comrade Stalin and asked him to determine whether it was necessary to add or delete people on the list.

Initially, there were a total of 27 people on this list, including the main leaders of the Central Committee, the People's Committee, the Central Supervisory Committee and other institutions. Originally, according to Victor's guess, Comrade Stalin might increase or A few people were deleted, but to his surprise, Comrade Stalin did not make any adjustments to the list. He just read it roughly and signed the list.

After confirming the list of members of the funeral committee, Viktor has some specific work. He needs to call everyone on the list and invite them to join the funeral committee of Comrade Kalinin. Of course, this is a symbolic process. , no one will refuse, those who pay attention to individuality and want to play out of line in this kind of thing will be directly killed by Comrade Stalin.

While inviting the members of the funeral committee, Victor would also ask the other party about wreath laying, family condolences and other work, and whether the department led by the other party has specific arrangements. After all, the people who can enter the funeral committee are all the core power holders of the alliance. They are responsible for one or even several departments, and these departments need to participate in the mourning activities.

After the work in this area was established, there was nothing Victor needed to do, and he was again a little transparent in the funeral committee.

The memorial service for Comrade Kalinin was solemnly held on the third day after his death, and the related mourning activities lasted for four days, which also showed the importance the Union attached to Comrade Kalinin, and of course, it also showed that Comrade Stalin paid the attention to this man. The attention of old comrades.

In the few days when the whole league mourned Comrade Kalinin, the weather in Moscow completed a process of changing from slightly cold to warm. , nature has returned to its original state.

It was early morning when the first ray of dawn from the east passed through the shadows of the buildings in the middle of the city, and splashed brightly on the five star that was as red as blood in the Kremlin. At this moment, Spasskaya, Nikolskaya, Bo Workers are already busy on the four towers of Rovitskaya and Toliskaya. Before the Kremlin Management Committee made an application to Comrade Stalin, it suggested simple maintenance of the five-pointed stars on the four towers. After the approval of Comrade Stalin, the entire restoration work officially started yesterday.

You must know that the five five-pointed stars on the five towers of the Kremlin are inlaid with various expensive gems, whose value is immeasurable. The guards of the bureau will supervise the whole process to prevent someone from picking a gem.

In Comrade Stalin's office, looking at Comrade Stalin leaning on the sofa with his eyes closed and snoring lightly, Victor carefully put down the empty wine glass in his hand, and when he got up, he took a blanket from the sofa next to him. Lightly put on Comrade Stalin's body, and then tiptoed to the door.

Outside the office door, a middle-aged female nurse was already waiting there. Victor nodded to the other side and whispered a few words before speeding up and walking towards the stairs.

Late last night, Comrade Stalin presided over a plenary meeting of the Secretariat of the Central Committee to discuss some issues concerning the appointment and removal of cadres.

According to Comrade Stalin's intention, he obviously did not intend to make this meeting too grand and formal, so several deputy secretaries including Malenkov and Kuznetsov were called to the office by him, and several people were on the side. Drinking wine and discussing issues, the atmosphere is very good.

When the meeting ended, it was already four o'clock in the morning. After sending off several deputy secretaries, Comrade Stalin was not sleepy, so he took Victor and drank two more drinks, and only now did he fall asleep in a daze.