Soviet Union 1991

(The first update is finally about to enter the first big one before it goes on the shelves)

On December 8, 1991, the Soviet Union was calm. No three relaxed-looking national leaders appeared in the village of Viskuli in the Belovezh Forest of Belarus. In fact, except for Kravchuk and Shushkevich, there were also Apart from being alive, Yeltsin has been laid in the Novodevichy Cemetery forever. The butterfly effect changed the direction of history. The Belovezh Agreement, which symbolized the prelude to the disintegration of the Soviet Union, became a great spring and autumn dream that would never be realized.

Kravchuk was still the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Ukraine at this time, not the President of Ukraine. Shushkevich had just served as the Chairman of the Belarusian Supreme Soviet. Yanayev finally stabilized his position from the chaotic order in the Soviet Union, and held most of the military power in his own hands. He could finally free up his hands. To cleanse the pro-Western forces in the major joining countries.

And in just two months, he managed to raise a limited-time war fund through arms sales and foreign trade companies. If a war broke out, he refused to let the Soviet Union's poor economy pay for military expenses. This huge amount of money alone would have seen them through the first few months of the conflict.

In Yanayev’s words, “If the separatist forces in the participating countries are not taught a lesson, the Soviet Union will always have the hidden danger of disintegration. Our long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. The Soviet Union would rather end its leadership in the tragic way of war than to A group of shameless villains used butcher’s knives to carve up the once glorious achievements.”

In the Soviet dictionary, there is never retreat or compromise.

There is no doubt that Kravchuk and Shushkevich are the first two to bear the brunt, because Ukraine and Belarus still hold seats with voting rights in the United Nations. The pair have repeatedly worried that they will use their voting rights to make big news. Not a good thing for Yev.

So Kravchuk and Shushkevich were summoned to Moscow from Kiev and Minsk respectively by Yanayev. Of course Yanayev concealed their schedules from each other, and even the emergency summons between them was only separated by For half a day, Yanayev had an argument with Pavlov in the presidential office on their way to the Kremlin.

Pavlov paced back and forth, looking anxious. If he had 100% support for Yanayev's policies before, he was now on the opposite side of him. The controversy over the cancellation of the member states' right to freely withdraw from the Soviet Union in the Constitution has not yet passed. The disturbance caused by the cancellation of the United Nations seat is no less than another August 19 crisis.

"I absolutely do not agree with this. President Yanayev, you are playing with fire. The situation in the participating countries is bad enough. If we further stimulate the opposition's nerves, there is no chance that they will all turn against the West. "Pavlov adjusted his glasses and analyzed, "The previous high-pressure policy only temporarily suppressed the nightmare of separatism. They are just secretly accumulating strength, waiting for the next counterattack. It will be the trigger for a counterattack.”

"Comrade Pavlov, I would like to ask why we didn't take action in advance since we knew that the other side would fight back. Do you hope to see another Almaty incident, Tbilisi crisis or another Fergana crisis?" Black June?" Yanayev also raised the decibel level, and his patience with Pavlov was exhausted little by little.

"But the current situation in the country is not yet stable! It is impossible for us to attack the participating countries when it is unstable. God, the current situation is bad enough, do you still want to add fuel to the fire?" Pav Love practically roared, slamming the table in front of Yanayev.

"If we don't completely eradicate the bugs in the member countries, the Soviet Union will never be stable." Yanayev assumed the posture of a tough dictator for the first time, "Ethnic relations have become a battering ram to destroy the Soviet Union, and those who deserve to die The guys are still inciting the locals’ emotions and demanding the expulsion of the Russians. If we don’t take action, the entire country will not belong to the Soviets!”

"Damn it, Yanayev, what are you planning to do? You are touching the sensitive nerves of the opposition time and time again. Do you want to force them to engage in civil war?" Pavlov was so angry that he began to speak indiscriminately. He completely forgot that the person standing in front of him was the Supreme General Secretary of the Soviet Union.

"Watch your words, Comrade Pavlov." Yanayev turned around dissatisfied, leaving Pavlov with an elusive figure. "Since the moths have formed a climate, then I will suppress those moths." The opposition forces them to do extraordinary things and oppose our policies. Only for this reason can we march into the franchising countries openly and control the situation. "

Yanayev turned his head, waved to the man who had been standing at the door, and said, "General Rodionov, please come in."

Also turning his head was Pavlov, who was surprised when he heard the name. General Rogionov, the former commander-in-chief of the Caucasus Military District, was bowing slightly to Yanayev, with an expression that was not humble and silent, just like on the third day. He had no regrets when he was unfairly tried years ago.

"General Rodionov will return to be the head of the Caucasus Military District. Of course, he is not the supreme commander, but the leader who has the authority to command everything within the jurisdiction of the military district in the event of unrest." Yanayev told Pavlo The husband introduced the reasons why he wanted to transfer Logionov back.

"Also, Patiashvili has also been transferred to the central government. I want him to serve as the future Soviet Chairman of Georgia." For such a major event, Yanayev spoke as casually as drinking water.

"You are sending a signal to them, Yanayev." Pavlov swallowed, "Or you are deliberately letting Georgian President Zvyad Gamsahurdia see it to continue the pressure. He took even more outrageous actions.”

"What nonsense are you talking about, Comrade Pavlov. General Rogionov is a loyal member of the Soviet Party. What I am doing now is just compensation for his trial of confusing right and wrong three years ago. He should have been sent to the gallows at that time. It was Gorbachev, Shevadnadze, and Zvyad, not Rozionov and Patiashvili who successfully prevented the rebels’ conspiracy.”

For the first time, Pavlov saw Yanayev, who had always been calm, suddenly lose his temper. To be honest, Yanayev was indeed indignant about the tragedy in Tbilisi on April 9, 1989. Those who successfully prevented the extremist forces of the Georgian ethnic group people were convicted, such as Luo who mobilized the army Zionov, such as Georgian Soviet Chairman Patiashvili, and those successful villains escaped trial and put all the blame on the Soviet Union, describing the Tbilisi incident as " Brutal Soviet troops suppressed Georgian patriots."

If Yanayev had been present at the time, he would not have hesitated to give a 762mm bullet to Zviad and Shanglaya, the leaders of the Zongzong movement who started the riot.

"If you don't want to support our actions, you can just be a bystander and let me take on the role of a bad guy." Rodionov said to Pavlov calmly, while also hinting that he didn't want to Go provoke Yanayev again.

"Okay, President Yanayev, please take care. No matter what decision you make, I will support you." Pavlov turned around and went out. Before he had taken two steps, he turned back and said somewhat self-deprecatingly, " What else can the central government do now besides supporting you? We are all just trying to extend the life of this regime that is about to expire. We don’t know which day this building will suddenly collapse, but we architects are just doing this. Just some patchwork repairs.”

Pavlov was a little sad. These were words he had buried in his heart for a long time. Although it was not suitable to talk about it in public, he had followed Yanayev through life and death in the past few months, and he had already regarded him as a reliable friend.

For the first time, Pavlov noticed that Yanayev's eyes in front of him were as bright as stars, as if the difficulties in front of him were just a fog that temporarily covered his eyes. Yanayev said to him in the firmest tone, "You are wrong, Pavlov. For you, it is just to maintain the status quo of the country. For me, the Soviets will be reborn in the flames of war!"

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