Struggle in Soviet Russia

In today's Moscow leadership core, the division between different systems and political factions seems to be very clear.

Comrade Zhdanov seems to have become Comrade Stalin's determined successor, and his momentum is unparalleled in the Bolshevik Party, which also makes Leningrad a relatively special existence in the entire alliance system. .

In addition to Comrade Zhdanov, the outstanding performance of the Moscow leadership core is naturally the alliance between Comrade Malenkov and Comrade Beria. Comrade Beria has a very special position in the national security system. And Comrade Malenkov held the position of deputy secretary in the Central Secretariat, mainly in charge of the party system, and in this, his firm control over the cadre department also gave him a very special position in the party. It is precisely because of this that the combination of these two men can, to a certain extent, rival Comrade Zhdanov.

In addition to these two divisions, the next one is Comrade Molotov. It is just because of his character that he does not participate in the battle very much in the core of power. This point is different from the aging Voroshilov, Comrade Andreyev is about the same.

Interestingly, Comrade Kaganovich, who was also in a marginalized position in the past, has recently been resurrected in the same place, and his sense of presence has been significantly enhanced. This has a direct bearing on his appointment as the first secretary of Ukraine. association.

As for the friendship between the two comrades Khrushchev and Bulganin, it has now become an almost open secret, but it seems too early to say that the two of them have already stood in the same camp. After all, Bulganin We all know that Comrade Ganing's character is prudent to the point of being timid. If there is a slight disturbance, he may change his mind.

For a long time in the past, due to the deterrence of Comrade Stalin, the various struggles in the core of Moscow's power were not very obvious. Those various contradictions were at least not put on the table, but This time, things have clearly changed.

Comrade Beria finally accepted Victor's suggestion. He really submitted a report to the Central Committee and asked to go to the Far East to solve the sudden flooding problem of the Amur River. At the same time, he also inspected the development and construction of the Far East. question.

His report was submitted, approved within two days, and then, in the first week of July, he officially left Moscow for the Far East by train.

On the same day that Comrade Beria left Moscow, the proud Comrade Kaganovich also officially traveled, and his destination was Kyiv. The first secretary of Ukraine, Comrade, could not wait to take office .

Two days later, Viktor received news that on the day Comrade Kaganovich arrived in Kyiv, Comrade Khrushchev, the chairman of the Ukrainian Council of Ministers, did not hold a welcome ceremony for him. The reason for this was that Comrade Khrushchev When he was not in Kyiv, he went to Donets to inspect the resumption of work at the coal mine. I heard that the workers at the mine were planning a strike, which might affect the normal operation of the coal mine.

It must be emphasized that the relationship between the two comrades Khrushchev and Kaganovich is very good. Of course, we are talking about the past here. After all, Comrade Kaganovich is Comrade Khrushchev. The "noble man" has the grace to promote him. However, now it seems that this kindness has completely disappeared with the appointment of Comrade Kaganovich as the first secretary of Ukraine.

With Comrade Beria's departure from Moscow, Comrade Kuznetsov's adjustment to the People's Commissariat of State Security was completely eliminated. Therefore, in mid-July, Comrade Abakumov was transferred from the NKVD Ministry of National Security People's Commissariat to assume the post of chairman. However, to Victor's surprise, after taking office as the chairman of the National Security People's Commissariat, Comrade Abakumov did not immediately make large-scale adjustments to the personnel of the committee. On the contrary, he behaved very low-key, It seems that even the three fires that the new official took office are not going to burn.

In this way, the alliance passed the hot July in peace, and just as July was about to pass, a news that shocked the world suddenly reached Moscow.

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The rapid ringing of the phone woke Victor from his sleep, and suddenly opened his eyes, the light in front of him was extremely dim, and he couldn't see anything clearly.

In the haze, there was movement on his side, a warm body leaned over and squeezed against his chest, and then he heard a light click from the bedside table, and the urgent phone ringing stopped abruptly.

After a while, Liang Sisi's telephone receiver was brought to Victor's ear, and before he could speak, Comrade Boskrebyshev's somewhat hasty voice came from the phone: "The British have encountered a The bomb attack, the situation is serious, Comrade Stalin will hold a foreign intelligence conference in 20 minutes, you will come over immediately."

Victor suddenly woke up, he rolled over and sat up from the bed, and then said into the receiver, "Okay, I'll rush over right away."

Hanging up the phone, Viktor took a deep breath, reached out and wiped his tense face, thinking about what Comrade Boskrebyshev said on the phone.

The British administrative headquarters in Palestine was bombed. Victor pondered that if he guessed correctly, the famous "King David Hotel bombing" in the history of his previous life should have occurred. Although history has occurred in some places. However, under the action of strong inertia, some things inevitably happen.

In a previous life, Viktor knew about the bombing of the King David Hotel, which was planned by the later Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and the Irgun Organization led by him to carry out the attack. .

In this inhuman terrorist attack, a total of 92 people were killed and 46 people were injured. Among them, there were less than 30 British people. In Israeli parlance, The rest of those who were killed were only collateral damage, and most importantly, they had sounded the alarm before launching the attack, so they just need to express regret for the attack, but not accept any form of condemnation.

Of course, Victor is not the kind of person with a strong sense of justice. In his opinion, it doesn't matter how many people died in the King David Hotel bombing, and who died. Important opportunity, and if the alliance works well, it is likely that there will be windfalls.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Victor used his feet to search for the slippers on the ground, turned sideways, embraced Nino, who had just sat up behind him, put his head to kiss her lips, and said, "You can rest for a while, Don't forget, today is the weekend."

Nino only arrived in Moscow last night. She spent the middle of the night with Victor, and she really lacked sleep at this time. So, after hearing Victor's words, she yawned, nodded slightly, and then lay back on her side.

Pulling on his slippers, he picked up the underwear that had been left by the bed, and Victor quickly left the bedroom and went to the living room outside.

First, he called the driver on duty. After that, he didn't care about taking a shower. He changed into a suit as quickly as possible, and rushed downstairs within ten minutes.

More than 20 minutes later, the black Volga sedan parked in front of Comrade Stalin's office building. When Victor got off the car, a fish belly white just appeared in the eastern sky. Looking at his watch, it was only four o'clock.

Retracting his gaze to the east, Victor was thinking about stepping up the steps when a Gaz military jeep came quickly from Yong Road and stopped six or seven meters away from him.

Victor stopped, looked at the car subconsciously, and found that when the door was opened, a rather handsome young man in the royal blue uniform of the People's Commissariat of National Security, bowed his waist and walked out of the car. Drill out.

Seeing the young man appear, Victor smiled and gave up the plan to go straight up the steps. He turned slightly to the side and stared at the other party, obviously waiting for the other party to come over.

Of course, the young man who got out of the car couldn't see Victor. He stood beside the car, first stretched the hem of his uniform with both hands, and then took a brown briefcase from the driver's hand, and then walked quickly. Head towards Victor's location.

"Good morning, Comrade Viktor Viktorovich," approaching Viktor, the young man stretched out his hand and greeted him with a smile.

"Good morning, Comrade Viktor Semenovich," shaking hands with the other party, Viktor gestured towards the top of the stairs and said, "I heard that something happened in Palestine?"

The young man was Abakumov, who had just assumed the post of Chairman of the People's Commissariat of State Security. He was born in 2008 and is not yet forty years old. It would be an understatement to say that he is young.

Today's Abakumov can be said to be very proud. He has not only become the leader of the intelligence agency of the Union, but at the same time, just like Victor at the time, Comrade Stalin frequently met him, and some people even compared him to Victor at the time.

However, even so, Comrade Abakumov kept a low profile in front of Viktor. From his words and deeds, he could not see the slightest arrogance—he was a man with a low degree of education, but he was very shrewd.

"Yes," Comrade Abakumov nodded and said after hearing Victor's question. "Two hours ago, the information passed on by the foreign intelligence department is now confirmed that the British suffered heavy losses."