Struggle in Soviet Russia

Although the document was issued by the Post-War Reconstruction Committee, Victor discovered after reading the content that what was involved in it turned out to be the content discussed at the previous central plenary meeting, and the main part of it is about During the war, the relocation and reconstruction of enterprises and the investment of regional restoration funds.

As we all know, with the rapid advancement of the German army in the alliance, in order to ensure that the alliance can bless the largest industrial production capacity to support the war against Germany, at the same time, it is also to minimize the industrial losses suffered by the alliance. The High Command, and subsequently in the People’s Committee of National Defense, set up relocation agencies for industrial and mining enterprises during the war, relocating a large number of industrial enterprises in Belarus, Ukraine, and eastern Russia to the regions east of the Urals.

In the wars of the past few years, a large number of industrial and mining enterprises moved from the west from the region east of the Ural Mountains to Central Asia and Siberia, and quickly settled in the local area and put into production.

To some extent, the wars of the past few years have fundamentally destroyed the industrial and agricultural production in the western part of the Union, but to the greatest extent they have driven the economy of the central and eastern parts of the Union east of the Urals. .

At the same time, it is not only industrial and mining enterprises that have migrated to the central and eastern regions in the past few years, but also a large number of people. This scale of population and industrial movement has an amazing effect on the development of the central and eastern regions.

And now, as the war is coming to an end and the work of the Post-War Reconstruction Committee is put into operation, those industrial and mining enterprises that moved to the central and eastern regions during the war will naturally move back. Even after the liberation of Ukraine, a large part of it involved The industrial and mining enterprises in Ukraine have already started their relocation.

At first, some people expressed opinions about the relocation work. After all, this is a policy in the alliance environment. However, as the relocation work gradually deepened, the leaders of the central and eastern states began to have opinions because of this large-scale The relocation of industrial and mining enterprises is having the most direct impact on the prosperity of the central and eastern regions.

Just like the Sverdlovsk Oblast where Andrianov is located, this Oblast is just east of the Ural Mountains, on the border of Siberia. In the past few years of wars, this Oblast has received nearly 700 companies from Industrial and mining enterprises in Ukraine and western Russia, as well as a large number of scientific research and educational institutions have also moved in the past.

As a result, in the past few years, nearly 30 cities under the jurisdiction of the state, whether in terms of city size, population, or industrial output value, have all upturned and risen. That is a prosperous scene. It was absolutely unimaginable before the war.

However, since the start of the relocation work, nearly 300 industrial and mining enterprises have moved away from the Sverdlovsk Oblast. In total, there are fewer than 30 prefecture-administered cities in the region, which is equivalent to an average of ten companies disappearing in a city. , Together with the disappearance, there are also a large number of people, a large number of scientific research institutes, and universities.

For those sparsely populated and relatively desolate cities on the fringe of Siberia, at least the blow to prosperity is very big and obvious. Just imagine, what kind of sentiment the local people will be? What kind of sentiment will the local officials and cadres feel?

It is against this background that at the previous Central Plenary Session, which aspect of post-war reconstruction work should be emphasized, and where should the key work of post-war national construction be placed, has become a focus of controversy.

In his previous life, I always heard people say that “ruling a big country is like cooking a small food”. At that time, Victor took this sentence as a sentence, but now, he really understands how difficult it is to formulate a policy.

To be honest, just by looking at the beginning of this document, Victor can see how difficult Comrade Malinkov is now.

As a figure at the core of Moscow's power, it is impossible for Malinkov to sit on the Diaoyutai in his current position just by relying on his own alone. He also needs the support of others. So, who can support him? Undoubtedly, it is someone like Andrianov, or, in other words, an official in Xinjiang who controls the power of a state and holds the status of a member of the Central Committee.

In the past few years, Malinkov's position in the central core power circle in Moscow has risen rapidly, and has even surpassed Zhdanov to some extent. Why? One of the main reasons is that Zhdanov was trapped in Leningrad most of the time in the war for several years, and was unable to reach the power of the central Moscow. And Malinkov has been in charge of wartime industrial work, and he has close contacts with the chief officials in the central and eastern regions, such as Andrianov, Shatarin, and so on.

Now, the alliance has diverged on the issue of post-war economic construction. Those state party secretaries in the central and eastern regions do not want the so-called relocation of enterprises to continue, but hope that the post-war economic construction can be more. Is biased towards the central and eastern regions, so what position should Malinkov take?

There is no doubt that Victor can think clearly with his hair.

Reading this document from beginning to end as quickly as possible, Victor has mastered the main content.

He did a categorization. From this document, the current focus of the alliance's economic work has a very important main line, which is to determine the work content of the "Fourth Five-Year Plan" after the war. In other words, all discussions and quarrels on economic work in the previous Central Plenary Sessions revolved around this central link.

It is also based on this central link that the different viewpoints on economic propositions at the meeting resulted in three different ideas of debate. From the current situation, it is impossible to say who has the upper hand in the disputes of these three ideas. , Because this document gives several key points for formulating the "Fourth Five-Year Plan", and these key points are the guidelines that the State Planning Commission should uphold when formulating the "Fourth Five-Year Plan". These points are reflected.

Victor looked at the six main points of the "Fourth Five-Year Plan" listed in the document: ensuring the restoration and development of heavy industry and railway transportation; vigorously increasing the production of agriculture and consumer materials to meet the people's material needs; ensuring all sectors of the economy The continuous advancement of science and technology in China; the adjustment of the national economy before 46 years, the use of military industry to enhance the economic strength of the alliance; the further improvement of military defense capabilities, the use of the latest military technology to equip the alliance’s armed forces; the high speed of accumulation is guaranteed.

Of course, this is only the main point of the work to formulate the next five-year plan, not the final plan itself. Victor guessed that the implementation of the real five-year plan should be prepared from the end of the year 45, or even the beginning of the year 46, by then. , The dispute between the three economic propositions should completely come up with a result.

However, although the final promulgation of the Fourth Five-Year Plan may take some time, the post-war recovery work is already in full swing. It can be seen from the content listed in the document that there is now a controversy, not just an industrial and mining enterprise. The issue of relocation is also the issue of total investment in post-war restoration and construction.

Because at this central plenary session, there is a basic total investment budget, and a draft has been drawn up. The alliance’s plan is to use a basic total investment of 230 billion rubles to restore and restore some major economic sectors. Construction, and the investment of these funds will definitely inevitably involve a regional issue. To put it bluntly, the dispute in this area is concentrated on the question of what proportion of investment can each be obtained in the western, central and eastern regions.

To be honest, this is not a trivial matter. The interests involved are so huge that no faction can turn a blind eye to it. On the contrary, it can be said that whoever takes the initiative in this dispute represents Who is more influential in the central position?

From the document, the people who currently support the focus on the restoration of the western region seem to be Comrade Stalin and Voznesensky and others, while supporting the central and eastern regions are Comrade Malinkov and Comrade Zhdanov.

That's right, Comrade Zhdanov also suggested focusing on investing in the central and eastern regions. As for why he took such a position, Victor is not clear for the time being.

After reading the document from beginning to end, Victor only felt that his brain was a little bit painful. No way, he was really bad at economic work. There were many things that he couldn’t understand even after reading it. However, he was able to learn from The strong smell of gunpowder can be seen in this document, which is not easy.

After closing the documents and putting them aside, Victor threw the **** of the cigarette that he did not know when he was extinguished into the ashtray. Then he looked up to see Malinkov and Beria. At this time, the two were listening to Andrianov's introduction. Regarding the industrial situation in Yekaterinburg.

Seeing Victor put down the file, Beria's gaze was drawn, and he smiled and asked, "How is it, how do you feel?"

"It's complicated," Victor said with a shrug. "Fortunately, I don't have to deal with economic issues."

"The reason why you feel responsible is just because you have never been in contact with relevant work," Malenkov said with a smile, "but as a qualified and competent cadre, you have to take this step sooner or later. Victor, I My advice to you is to get in touch with as much work as possible."

After a pause, he went on to say: "Moreover, even now, some of the main tasks of post-war recovery and reconstruction are related to you. In these respects, I need your support."