Soviet Union 1991

(First update, there will be updates left until the evening of the 1st)

"You mean to hold a military parade on the Red Square on May 9th this year to commemorate the 47th anniversary of the victory of the Patriotic War?" Pavlov looked at Yanayev's proposal in disbelief, "But wouldn't this be too hasty? It’s already late February, and this year is not a major anniversary of the Great Patriotic War, so I thought…”

Pavlov hesitated for a moment, but finally said it, "My idea is to postpone it a little. How about waiting until the 50th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War to hold the Red Square military parade? By then, our economy will gradually recover and we will have passed the most difficult time." It won’t be too late to have a grand military parade after this period.”

"No, no, no, Prime Minister Pavlov, we cannot wait until then to hold the military parade." Yanayev said three nos in a row to express his importance, "Do you remember that in early November 1941, it was the time when Moscow The critical moment of the battle for the German Nazis. The troops were already at the gates of Moscow. Their tanks were only twenty-five kilometers away from Moscow, and the sound of exploding artillery shells could be heard even in Red Square. However, in order to boost the morale of the soldiers, Comrade Stalin resolutely decided to conduct a military parade at the traditional time. October Revolution Day.”

"Isn't it like our most critical moment now? It's just that the enemy is not outside, but inside us. In their view, the Soviet Union is a building that is about to collapse. These people want us to destroy the Great Wall. So I want to Here we solemnly declare to them that we have only experienced short-term difficulties and have not failed.”

Yanayev's approach was to express an attitude to the West that the Soviet Union had not fallen. Just like when Hitler, who was initially pressing forward, thought that the entire Soviet Union was within reach, the plot took a 180-degree turn.

After knowing Yanayev's true intention to hold a military parade, Pavlov also changed from opposition to acquiescence. He also raised a key question, "This anniversary of the victory of the Patriotic War requires a banquet." Other socialist allies?"

The legitimacy of the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia disappeared in the Velvet Revolution, Romania was already ruled by the National Salvation Front Committee, and Hungary was also the cradle of democratic socialism. Yugoslavia, on the other hand, was lost in the stormy waves of secession.

Vietnam, North Korea, Cuba, and a certain socialist country that has always had complicated relations with the Soviet Union have become countries on the invitation list for this military parade. If nothing goes wrong, the first three representatives will definitely appear on the Red Square. As for whether the last one will come, Yanayev doesn't know yet. And the one that Pavlov hesitated to talk about was the last country.

Although thanks to Yanayev's efforts, relations between the two countries have gradually eased. Some originally disputed borders also chose to be developed jointly by the Soviet Union and its southern neighbors after their respective concessions. But in the eyes of the Soviet Union, especially some hawkish generals, they were still so-called outside personnel of NATO, a heavy bomb threatening the Soviet Far East.

However, every time Yanayev makes such remarks, he will be notified and criticized, and in more serious cases, he will even be warned and criticized in person. Yanayev knew the importance of winning over his southern neighbors. The Soviet Union could no longer face the increasingly domineering world police on its own. The only thing he could do was to win over an ally of sufficient weight to fight against America's evil propaganda.

"All socialist countries are invited," Yanayev said, before adding another sentence. "By the way, we will also send an invitation letter to those European neighbors who are afraid of us. Whether they are willing to come or not is their own business."

Yanayev has never expressed any hope for the West. In fact, Soviet Russia, which was on the edge of the European continent, was the target of isolation and bullying from the beginning. Therefore, the Soviet Union will develop desperately and build the most powerful war machine for the country. The only thing is to get rid of the isolation situation. However, the reality is cruel. The rise of the Soviet Union triggered panic in other old capitalist countries. They united to try to strangle the greatest revolutionary regime and called the Soviet Union the evil Red Empire.

This also made Yanayev understand one thing. If a country does not have a strong comprehensive national strength, just relying on building a huge war machine is nothing more than an act of stimulating growth. Only with equally impressive economic strength would the Western world bow before the Soviet Union.

"Then the country in the south will also send one?" Pavlov asked.

"In a few days, there will be an opportunity to visit them abroad. I want Comrade Ryzhkov to hand over the invitation letter to them personally," Yanayev said. He had stayed in this country for too long and was immersed in the inner-city battles of political conspiracies every day. He had almost forgotten the lazy and comfortable life before traveling through time.

"I hope that we can continue to deepen the implementation of reform and opening up with them, especially the support and transactions in light industry. Although this is just a drop in the bucket for the backward light industry of the Soviet Union, when all the projects are slowly brought together, it will become a significant factor that cannot be underestimated. strength."

Due to various institutional and economic reasons, negotiations between the Soviet Union and its southern neighbors have been extremely slow. In the end, Ryzhkov suggested setting up a pilot area in major border cities to carry out different commodity trading systems, which is the so-called economic free trade zone pilot. If it is really possible, it will be gradually promoted to the whole country. The Soviet Union and even the confederate countries.

Of course, when this idea was proposed, Yanayev absolutely agreed. What he has to do now is to conduct trade negotiations with China and carry out different reform attempts within the economic free trade zone.

"You are saying that Economic Minister Ryzhkov visited China and personally brought the invitation letter with him." Pavlov said incredulously, "This formation is too grand. Although the two countries have recently been seeking economic cooperation, Strategic cooperation is in full swing, but in this way..."

"I know what you want to say, Comrade Pavlov." Yanayev nodded, stretched out his hand to interrupt Pavlov's speech, and said, "Although there have been disagreements between us, I also know it very well. One thing is that the United States has many powerful allies, and what about our Soviet Union? Our last ally also fell apart in 1991. At this time, countries that are still in the same camp are the ones we want to win over. There will be no progress with that little grudge.”

Yanayev said with some emotion, "What's more, they once believed in our Soviet Union and believed that the great communist ideal would be realized."

"So we must not let them down." (To be continued.)