Soviet Union 1991

The dispute between Pavlov and Yanayev ended in a compromise by the Prime Minister.

During the years when Yanayev was busy fighting with President Mario, only Pavlov silently supported the General Secretary from behind, following the policies of reform and slowly loosening the economy to buffer the situation in the Soviet Union and ease internal conflicts. with pressure.

He and Ryzhkov were once considered the two men in the Soviet Union, but now they are on the opposite side of Yanayev because of their positions. Some things have changed, just as what Yanayev and Pugo said, "When a loyal guard degenerates into a powerful man with interests, I will choose to take action without hesitation. Perhaps no one can guarantee that everyone can be like Suslov or Akhromeev are loyal and selfless, but at least don’t stop me from moving forward.”

It is because of this incident that Pugo is willing to help Yanayev's plan to purge the party.

Pavlov promised the General Secretary that he would curb the political team's interference with the reform factions and fully support Comrade Vladimir's handover. The condition required that Yanayev be noble, let that group of people go, and ensure that no jail time would befall the elders.

"make a deal."

The conservatives' concession ensured that Pugo would not suffer backlash and suppression in the future.

"But I can only guarantee that I will not use conservative members for a period of time. As for what the next leadership team will do after I retire, it is none of my business. But by then, those who can see the formality should also take the initiative to Those who step down from that position and hold on to power firmly and are unwilling to let go will naturally have someone to deal with them.”

The two men, who had also been carved by the wind and frost of time, stared at each other in silence at this time. The two people who celebrated their birthdays together on the night of August 18, 1991, had begun to go their separate ways.

"Last question, did General Secretary Yanayev regard Comrade Pugo as an abandoned son from the beginning?"

Pavlov suppressed his inner anger, although the sacrifice of political interests was inevitable. But he couldn't bear to be treated like this for a man whose power had been continuously reduced by the General Secretary since 1991 without even complaining.

"If I say that Comrade Pugo did this voluntarily, would you believe it?"

The sudden rhetorical question made him lose his sense of proportion. He had imagined various excuses, but he never imagined that the Minister of the Interior, Pugo, was so great that he was willing to sacrifice everything.

"Even if there is a group of moths surrounding us, we cannot deny that there is always a small group of people with ideals and beliefs who will sacrifice everything for this country."

Yanayev also sighed, "Pugo has sacrificed enough, and I will never let the conservatives lay a finger on him. If anyone attacks him because of the deaths of Anatoly and Luzhkov If so, he should weigh himself and see if he can move the Supreme General Secretary of the Soviet Union."

"Please go back and tell them. Although this sentence is a bit rude, I still want to say that if Pugo loses one finger, I want their whole family to be buried with him."

"I understand, thank you General Secretary for your noble hand."

After receiving Yanayev's assurance, Pavlov breathed a sigh of relief. The other party is not so heartless that he wants to break off the relationship with him.

When he exited the general secretary's office, Pavlov suddenly felt a very strange feeling in his heart. It seemed that everything was not as simple as he imagined. He carefully recalled the whole story of the incident. At the beginning, some people were even prepared to fight desperately to the death. The coup was a last resort, and they were definitely no match for Yanayev, who had absolute power and prestige in the military.

But the situation took a turn for the worse after he entered the office. The other party easily agreed not to expand the cleaning area, and stopped after cleaning up some minor characters.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He even thought that this negotiation was surprisingly easy. Make him feel that the other party's failure to act is a sign of condescension to them.

"Could it be that he only wanted to carry out a small-scale purge from the beginning, and just deliberately made the momentum huge so that we would mistakenly think that there will be a big purge next. He first forced everyone to a desperate situation, Just when they were about to fight to the death, the conservatives gave these people a break. In order to survive, they naturally agreed to Yanayev's request. In this way, their resistance to obstructing the next leader's succession disappeared. The conservatives secretly rejoiced that the handover of the new leadership team was smooth... They all thought that they Winning... was actually all part of the General Secretary's plan..."

Pavlov recalled that the moment he walked out of the door, he saw Yanayev's eyes and smile, which had an indescribable meaning. As if he was mocking someone.

He stood in the corridor, cold all over.

It turned out that this was Yanayev's real purpose, and they were completely calculated. His former comrades-in-arms and comrades were also plotted by him, thinking it was a purge that ended in an anticlimax... It turned out that a purge that ended in an anticlimax was his real purpose...

Pavlov turned around. He no longer had the courage to knock on the closed door. Maybe he was laughing wildly inside, laughing that his conspiracy had succeeded, and laughing at the other party for completely stepping into his trap.

Pavlov sighed and said slowly, "No one can outwit him...General Secretary Yanayev, your move is more shocking than Comrade Stalin's purge."

Yanayev sat in his office and breathed a sigh of relief. He murmured to himself, "Perhaps Pavlov will see through my true thoughts in a few days, but the conservatives have no chance to regret. If they dare to regret, the next step will not be a small-scale purge, but a real purge of all those who hinder reform from Moscow."

The promises of politicians are as cheap as the chastity of a whore, but they dare not break their promises on the issue of balancing interests.

He sniffed his nose, and the smoky office really made him feel stuffy.

Yanayev wanted to go out for a walk alone, standing outside the Red Square to clear his mind. The intrigues of many days have made him physically and mentally exhausted.

After leaving the office in the Kremlin, Yanayev sat alone by the Moscow River, quietly watching the river gradually become colorful after nightfall. The magnificent buildings on both sides turned this river that flowed calmly in the dark into a sparkling bond. Although the Red Square fell silent, a new round of killing drama was slowly unfolding in the city.

The cleansing has begun.

Moscow, which had been calm for a long time, ushered in a turmoil and unrest. The soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs began to frequently shuttle through the streets and alleys, and imposed martial law on the entire city. People were anxiously discussing whether there had been any changes in the upper echelons of the Moscow government, which led to the current situation.

Infantry fighting vehicles cooperated with the soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs holding Kalashnikov rifles to move on the streets. Under the direct order of Comrade Vladimir, they needed to implement the targeted elimination plan.

After nightfall, the sound of gunfire broke the calm of Moscow. The soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs rushed into the nightclub and arrested those involved in the case who appeared on the blacklist. After Anatoly's death, their only umbrella of protection was gone. Facing General Secretary Yanaev, who turned the clouds and rain with his hands, the only fate of these Jewish gang members was to be executed.

He just looked at the colorful world on the other side, and his body and the dark Kremlin slowly merged into the night.

Yanaev didn't like Jews, especially those who wanted to grow and develop in the underground society of Moscow began to have bad luck. These Jews used violence and crime to try to control Moscow, but they did not expect that their unintentional actions would arouse the dissatisfaction of the Kremlin's top brass.

The fact that the Soviet Union united the Jews in the country during World War II did not mean that Yanayev would indulge them. The words "I am a commissar and a Jew" before the execution of the Jewish commissar were indeed tragic and resolute, but in the face of these termites who were making trouble in Moscow, Yanayev would only use bullets to communicate with them.

The general secretary, who was extremely disgusted with the gangs, decided to use this incident as a starting point to severely punish those guys who disturbed social order. Although it was not a nationwide crackdown, those who tried to extend their claws to the capital of the country should also weigh their own weight.

The battle plan formulated by Comrade Vladimir was to break into the gang's territory at lightning speed and carry out a decapitation operation. According to Yanayev's instructions, there was no need to take judicial steps to arrest them. Once they were identified as "criminals" by Moscow, only bullets were waiting for them.

This kind of means can only be used in extraordinary times. If it were not for the purpose of stabilizing the internal environment for the next change of leadership, including improving the reputation of Comrade Vladimir, he would not have used such an extreme method.

"I am old, really old. In the past, the August 19th coup still had his hands on the button of nuclear weapons and negotiated face-to-face with the leaders of all member states. Now it is just a small-scale purge, and we need to take into account so many forces... Then you little gangsters are unlucky, waiting to become a tool for venting anger."

Yanayev held a cigarette, and the Moscow River blocked him from the colorful world on the opposite side.

"Enjoy it, termites, this is one of the few times you deserve to celebrate."

"Vladimir will never show mercy."

He suddenly became curious to see how those people would end up, but he knew that Moscow would be watered with blood tonight. After tonight, Vladimir should become the bloody butcher of Moscow, and the small-scale turmoil in the Politburo would be mistaken for the work of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers.

They are the CCP.

A terrible monster who is loyal to the people. (To be continued.)

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