Struggle in Soviet Russia

"You mean, among our party members and cadres, there are also nationalists?" Comrade Stalin frowned and said suspiciously, "Who is it? Do you have any definite evidence?"

Comrade Stalin absolutely hated the nationalists, not only him. It can be said that in the core of power in Moscow today, among the members of the Bolshevik party, there is no one who does not hate the nationalists. After all, as I said before , the current Bolshevik party organization is still positive as a whole. On some specific issues, there are people who think more about their own nationality and pay more attention to their own national interests, but extreme nationalists are in the party. There is no room for survival. Even if there are such people, they can only hide it, and they have to hide it tightly.

"I'm just worried that this situation will occur in the future, not that I have the exact clues," Victor shook his head and said, "But I think this possibility exists, so we can't ignore related issues. To the effect, it is necessary to do relevant preventive work.”

After a pause in his tone, he hesitated for a moment, and after gathering up his courage, he continued: "During the time when I went to the Karelia-Finnish Soviet Republic to preside over the work, I noticed some more sensitive issues, such as in the The problem of nationalization of party members and cadres in the Karelia region is already very serious. I even think that such rules that never existed in the party constitution and party regulations have become unspoken rules in areas where various ethnic groups live. …”

"Nationalization of party members and cadres?" The article operated by Victor has not been published in the newspapers, so Comrade Stalin has obviously never come across this term. Therefore, he interrupted Victor and asked curiously, "This is What kind of problem? Is there a specific problem in the Karelia region?"

"I suspect that it is not a special problem in the Karelia region, but a common problem in all the republics, autonomous republics and autonomous regions," Victor shook his head and said, "This kind of problem has a very intuitive manifestation. Form, that is, in the process of developing party members and promoting cadres in the party organizations of these republics, autonomous republics and autonomous prefectures, they do not start from their own conditions and work ability of party members and cadres, but first emphasize their national attributes. Just like in Kare In the Lia region, the grassroots party organizations and cadre management departments of the republic, when recruiting party members and promoting cadres, must first select the Finns, then the Karelians, and finally the other ethnic groups including the Russians. personnel."

For Comrade Stalin, this was obviously the first time someone had raised such a question in front of him, so when Victor said this, his face became a little ugly.

"I think this policy of party members and cadres that emphasizes too much on national attributes has a great impact on the healthy development of the life of our party organization." Victor was also a little nervous, because he couldn't figure out what Comrade Stalin was thinking now, and he didn't know what to do. I don't know what kind of views and positions he holds on this issue, but since this topic has been discussed here, he has no way out, "Let's not say anything else, it's just the system itself, if it takes a long time If implemented, it will form a kind of intra-party sectarianism based on national attributes, which will create gaps among party members and even split our party."

Having said this, he stopped, took a puff of cigarette, and was silent for a moment, then continued: "The most terrifying thing is that if we do not impose restrictions on this practice, then after a few years, the Karelia region will In the party organization of China, most of the party members and cadres will be Finns; in the party organization in Belarus, all will be Belarusian; in the party organization in Ukraine, all will be Ukrainian, then, the alliance needs to benefit interests On the issue of balance, can we still get the support of the various republics, autonomous republics and autonomous prefectures? I think this situation may not be too optimistic. "

This remark Victor is actually suggesting, alluding to Ukraine's problems.

The issue of food has been mentioned before. For now, the food problem of the Union is very serious. Whether it is Belarus or Ukraine, this year is in a situation of poor harvest. If the Union wants to feed the population of all the republics, A certain amount of grain must be collected from these two main grain-producing areas, so the interests of the two republics of Belarus and Ukraine are obviously infringed.

If it was before the war, even if Victor asked such a question, it would not have touched Comrade Stalin much. After all, before the war, although the Union took a lot of food from Ukraine, it also sent it to him. A large number of industrial products, the alliance's policy is to adopt this regional complementary strategy.

But the problem now is that due to the huge losses caused by this war, the industrial and agricultural production of the alliance has not been restored to the level before the war. What the alliance lacks is not only food, but also massive industrial products. At this time, as the basic necessities of life, the importance of food is obviously more prominent. This also means that when the alliance took away the food that the local people depended on to sustain their lives from Ukraine and Belarus, it could not compensate them with enough industrial products. In this case, the local people must have opinions. .

In fact, in today's Ukraine, this kind of dissatisfaction that has accumulated among the people has already begun to manifest itself. Comrade Khrushchev mentioned this issue in the report submitted to Moscow earlier.

Today, the political situation in Ukraine is relatively stable. There are still Bolsheviks there. There are still a large number of non-Ukrainian party members who are really active in Ukrainian politics. But as Victor said, if one day in the future, In the entire Ukrainian party organization, Ukrainian party members and cadres account for the vast majority. Then, what kind of problems will happen in today's situation? Will there be trouble in Kyiv? Will there be some careerists who jump out to gain personal political gain by promoting nationalist sentiments? Will it pose a direct threat to the national security of the alliance?

There is no doubt that the answers to these questions will not be too pleasant, even the mighty comrade Stalin had to admit.

"The question you raised..." Comrade Stalin took the pipe from his mouth, pondered for a moment, and said, "Although I don't fully agree, it may be necessary to give some attention. of."

Saying so, he turned around, pointed to the way he came before, and then took the lead to walk back.

"The situation in Karelia is rather special," Comrade Stalin said before taking two steps out. "There are many historical issues left over there, and of course, there are also some established policies of the Union towards the three Nordic countries, and Among the many special issues, the ethnic issue can be regarded as the most prominent one. Considering the actual situation, we must allow the Karelian-Finnish Communist Party to maintain a certain speciality and independence. You should also be understandable."

"Of course," Viktor said, nodding, "I also agree that the Karelian-Finnish Communist Party maintains a certain degree of specificity and independence in terms of policy, but in terms of organizational principles, I think they must remain absolute with Moscow. I mean, we can allow the Karelian-Finnish Communist Party to exist as a Finnish proletarian party, but we cannot allow them to transform into a nationalist party on this basis, in other words, On issues within the party, they should first emphasize the attributes of the proletarian party and the Communist Party, and this attribute must be above all attributes, instead of first emphasizing the national attribute of the Finns, and then talking about the political attribute of the party. "

What Viktor said was a bit confusing. In short, what he meant was: in the organization of the Karelian-Finnish Communist Party, to consider whether a person is a comrade or not, it only needs to look at his political position, as long as the political If his position is on the side of the proletariat, then he has the basic conditions for joining the Communist Party. It doesn't matter what nationality he is. In reality, it is just the opposite. There are unspoken rules in the Karelian-Finnish Communist Party. When they consider whether a person can join the party and whether he can be promoted, they do not first consider their political position, but first Considering whether it is Finnish or not, this is actually putting the cart before the horse, that is, the nationalization of party members and cadres, and it is an unspoken rule that hides signs of ethnic division.

Of course, Victor did not mention the issue of statism here, because the current status of the Karelian-Finnish Soviet Republic is rather special. According to the propaganda of the Union, this Union Republic has an independent status, and it voluntarily chooses to join The Soviet Union, of course, can choose to withdraw from the alliance freely at any time, so the argument of nationalism is not suitable for it.

Victor's remarks once again silenced Comrade Stalin. In fact, in terms of fundamental ideas, Comrade Stalin had his own views on the national issue, and his views were obviously not very consistent with Victor's position. .

The reason why Viktor is so serious about the nationalization of party cadres is because he knows how the alliance fell apart in his previous life, and Comrade Stalin did not have the experience of his previous life. Therefore, the leader comrade is in this On the issue, of course, there is not such a strong sense of crisis.