Struggle in Soviet Russia

One of Viktor's own flaws is that he didn't know much about the history of the Soviet Union in his previous life. If he knew enough about the history of the Soviet Union, he would know that if it developed according to the historical process of his previous life, then the International Department of the CPSU Central Committee Of course, this first deputy minister will not be him, but Comrade Suslov, known as the "grey bishop" in later generations.

In fact, at the work meeting of the Central Committee that ended earlier, if it wasn't for the two comrades Kaganovich and Bulganin, who recommended him to be the first deputy minister of the International Department of the Central Committee, then Ridan would have The person Comrade Nov wants to recommend is Comrade Suslov. This is the normal trend of history. Of course, this is also a starting point for Comrade Suslov's rise.

In the history of Viktor's previous life, the Central International Department has grown and developed in the hands of Comrade Suslov. Today, Comrade Suslov is cleaning up the local nationalists in Latvia. He has done a very good job. Therefore, Comrade Zhdanov's recommendation list, Comrade Suslov is the best candidate to replace Dimitrov.

Also in the history of Viktor's previous life, Comrade Suslov just took up the post of the first deputy head of the International Department of the Central Committee, and submitted to the Central Committee of the CPSU and Comrade Zhdanov a document entitled "About the International Department of the Central Committee". Situation and Organizational Structure and Its Current Tasks" report, proposed the need to re-evaluate and establish the relationship between the CPSU Central Committee and the Communist parties of various countries, and to strengthen the leadership of the CPSU Central Committee over the international communist movement. In order to achieve this goal, he asked the central government to assign all foreign-related intelligence work of the government and the private sector to the International Department. At the same time, all foreign-related departments need to accept the supervision and supervision of the Central International Department. In a word, according to Comrade Suslov's plan, The Central International Department will be the only department under the CPSU Central Committee to oversee and supervise the Union's foreign policy and foreign affairs activities.

What needs to be emphasized here is the last sentence. The Central International Department is the "sole department" under the "Central Committee of the CPSU" that oversees and supervises the Union's foreign policy and foreign affairs activities. It can be seen that if Comrade Suslov's report is approved by the Central Committee If it is approved and implemented in the end, then neither the member republics of the alliance nor the People's Committee for Foreign Affairs have the power to engage in foreign affairs activities and decide foreign policy independently. Comrade Suslov is equivalent to going around in a circle and avoiding The articles clearly stipulated in the Soviet constitution were opened, and the foreign affairs rights of the republics were brought back to the center.

That's right, regardless of what the fundamental starting point of the move that Comrade Suslov is pushing for is, at least once his proposal is approved, the Union will in fact achieve a result that strengthens the centralization of power in the long run. , which is beneficial to the future stability and unity of the alliance.

But the reality is that the report submitted by Comrade Suslov was not approved by the Central Committee. It was eventually rejected. Even with the support of Comrade Zhdanov, some of the recommendations put forward in the report were not accepted. Only a few have been recognized. And in the following decades, even until the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Central International Department... Of course, it was later renamed the Foreign Policy Department of the Central Committee, and the competition between it and the People's Committee for Foreign Affairs never existed. stopped.

Although Victor didn't know much about the history of the Soviet Union, let alone that Comrade Suslov should be the "big butler" of the International Department of the Central Committee, of course, he also did not know that Comrade Suslov was in this position after taking up this post. What kind of decision was made, but it must be admitted that the history of the previous life still left something in Viktor's mind, at least he knew that the Soviet Union finally disintegrated, and also knew that the alliance was in the process of disintegration, ethnic issues and joining The centrifugal tendencies of the republic were an important factor, so he also had his own views on the work of the Central International Department, and his position was very similar to that of Comrade Suslov.

The problem now is that due to his personal political stance, Victor has doubts. He does not want to take the initiative to have a conflict with Comrade Molotov. Considering the relationship between the Central International Department and the People's Committee of Foreign Affairs, if he wants to strengthen the Central The powers of the International Department, and restricting the powers of the republics in foreign affairs, then the interests of Comrade Molotov will inevitably be violated. Therefore, this is really a dilemma for him.

Time doesn't stand still for Victor's dilemma.

In the extremely cold weather, the Union, which was struggling to recover from its trauma, said goodbye to the first year after the end of the Great Patriotic War.

In the penultimate week of the end of the year, Comrade Stalin's birthday was celebrated across the alliance. This event radiated to the whole world. Although the relations between the alliance and the United States and the Soviet Union have become precarious, whether it is Truman or Eddie Li, whether it is the Republican Party or the Democratic Party in the United States, and whether it is the Conservative Party or the Labour Party in the United Kingdom, sent representatives to Moscow to participate in Comrade Stalin's birthday celebration. Together with the representatives of the United Kingdom and the United States, representatives from the Communist Party, the Workers' Party and the left-wing parties from more than 50 countries around the world gathered in Moscow.

Of course, everyone knows that the reason why Comrade Stalin's birthday attracted representatives from so many countries is not because of Comrade Stalin's personal reasons, but because after the victory in the anti-fascist war, the Soviet Union has become an international leader in the In this day and age, the whole world agrees on one point: on the Pacific battlefield, the Americans are the main force to defeat the Japanese; on the Asian battlefield, the Chinese are the ones that contain the Japanese army. The main force; on the European battlefield, the Soviet Union is the main force to defeat the Germans; in the battlefields of North Africa and the Atlantic, the British are the main force to contain the Germans. The determination of the five permanent members of the United Nations also comes from this.

As for the afterlife... As the saying goes, when disputes arise, the first thing to be sacrificed is the truth.

On Comrade Stalin's birthday celebration, Victor began to appear in the sight of representatives of various countries as the director of the Secretariat of the Secretariat of the Central Committee. Especially when Comrade Stalin met with representatives of the Communist parties of various countries, Victor would be on the spot.

In addition, after taking up the post of Director of the Secretariat of the Secretariat of the Central Committee, Victor's contacts with several secretaries of the Secretariat of the Central Committee suddenly became more frequent. In the last two weeks, he and Comrade Zhdanov I met nine times, I met with Comrade Kuznetsov five times, and I met with Comrade Andreyev eleven times. As for the number of times I have dealt with Comrade Malenkov, it is difficult to count.

It was also after entering the Central Secretariat that Viktor was exposed to a lot of work. Some information that he could never have had access to in the past can now be basically received, including propaganda and agitation, central supervision, national security, organization and personnel. Wait, he can access all the work that the Central Secretariat is involved in, because the reports submitted by several deputy secretaries to Comrade Stalin must pass through his hands.

Furthermore, after taking over the post of director of the secretariat of the Central Secretariat, Victor met with Comrade Stalin a lot more times. building. After entering from the main entrance of the office building, the right turn in the corridor is where the special place is. Comrade Boskrebyshev's office is there, and the first room on the left side of the corridor is Viktor's office - a space of less than 20 square meters. The room has a lounge and bathroom.

Of course, this office is not Viktor's official office. The reason why Comrade Stalin arranged such a room for him is because sometimes he needs to work here until late, and this office is reserved for him to rest temporarily.

Viktor's real office in Moscow was not confirmed until January 17th after the new year. It was in the building on Staraya Square that was burned down by incendiary bombs thrown by the Germans during the Battle of Moscow. Yes, in the office building of the Central Committee of the CPSU, to be more specific, on the fourth floor of this building, "Room 9", which used to be Comrade Dimitrov's office.

In addition to the new office, Viktor's place has also changed, although he hasn't been to that place twice before. This time, his residence was assigned by the logistics department of the Central Committee, in Carpenter's Alley not far from Staraya Square, where the top leaders of the Central Committee lived, of course, the secretaries of the Secretariat And the comrades of the Politburo do not live there.

If Victor was familiar with the history of the Soviet Union in his previous life, it is estimated that he would not accept this new residence, because it is an unlucky place. On the eve of the disintegration of the Soviet Union in the previous life, the body of Comrade Nikolai Cruzina, the chief steward of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, was found on the sidewalk outside Carpenter Alley. At that time, he lived in the apartment building of No. 13 Carpenter Alley. Inside, he committed suicide and was buried for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Of course, there is no so-called apartment building No. 13 in the Carpenter Hutong today. There are only two apartment buildings erected here. The remaining ones are gradually built in the following decades. In 1989, all the apartment buildings here were confiscated together with the Central Committee building of the CPSU and the party property of the Central Committee of the CPSU. It was demolished... This used to be one of the core locations of the alliance, but it was also the first place where the traces of the alliance were erased, so it was not auspicious.