Struggle in Soviet Russia

On the banks of Lake Logmozero, the mouth of the Shua River.

The green military jeep was slowly bumping on the road around Shuya Mountain. The bad road conditions made the car not dare to drive too fast, lest one accidentally slip into the deep ditch beside the road.

In the middle of last year, Finland blew up the No. 3 hydropower station on the Shua River, causing a large-scale burst of the Shua River in the Rozavoc section. The turbulent floods submerged the large delta plains from the Shuya Mountains to the mouth of the Logmozero Lake. Until now, the flood has not completely faded away, and the river, highway and railway traffic coming from the direction of Ur Lake have all been cut off, making it difficult to pass.

The road that surrounds Mount Shuya has now been destroyed and impassable. The jeep that Victor was riding at this time was a Willys jeep assisted by the Americans during the war. Its off-road performance was excellent, but even so, from Petrozavodsk came all the way and broke down twice along the way.

In the car, Viktor's face was pale. Affected by the bumps in the road, he rarely got motion sickness, and he actually got motion sickness. The whole person is now confused, and his stomach has been churning, as if he will spit it out at any time.

The unbearable nausea was finally unbearable, and Victor reached out and patted the back of the driver's seat. Varenka, who was driving in front, hurriedly stopped the car and turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"

Victor waved his hand, didn't speak, just quickly opened the car door and got out in a hurry.

Outside the car, the wind blowing from the Logmozero Lake was cool and refreshing. Standing under the car, Victor vomited for a long time. Except for a few mouthfuls of stomach acid, he could not vomit out anything. After a while, the hazy mind became clearer.

This section of the road is a highway extending from the Hukou depression to the Shuya Mountain hilly area. The terrain is obviously much higher. Standing by the car and looking towards the east side, the place you can see is a desolate swamp belt, and in the sky The place is the quiet Logmozero Lake. If the line of sight can cross Logmozero Lake and continue to extend eastward, the farther place is the vast Lake Onega.

After waking up, Victor stood up straight, let out a long breath, took the water glass from Varenka's hand, rinsed his mouth, and then bypassed the jeep, walked to the other side of the road, raised his eyes in the direction of the swamp Look into the past.

From where he was standing now, he could see where the swamp belt and the Shuya Mountain River intersected. There was a large construction site full of people. Victor knew who they were without going there.

As the former chairman of the People's Commissariat of National Security, especially someone who was in the same camp as Comrade Beria, Victor came to Karelia to serve, and he still enjoyed some special care, such as the issue of prisoners of war.

During the wars of the past few years, especially during the final counter-offensive phase, the Soviet Red Army captured a large number of prisoners of war from Germany and its servant states. These prisoners of war alliances have no idea of ​​direct release at present. They are excellent free labor. In the post-war reconstruction of the alliance, these people still need to atone for their past actions, and the way of atonement is endless. 's labor.

For the inside of the alliance, the prisoner of war administration of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs was responsible for the management of prisoners of war. They set up a series of prisoner of war camps in various parts of the alliance, not only responsible for the management and custody of prisoners of war, but also responsible for organizing the labor of prisoners of war.

Due to the geographical location, there are not many POW camps set up in Karelia. For now, whether it is the prisoner of war camp in Medvere Gora or the prisoner of war camp in Lukagarwi, they are only transits for prisoners of war. The camp, the former prisoners of war were mainly transported to the Murmansk region to build the Murmansk railway, while the latter was transported to Arkhangelsk. After all, the prisoners of war in both places were not left to Kareli. used in the region.

However, with the coordination between Viktor and Merkulov, the prisoners of war in these two places were left behind. At present, the prisoners of war from Medvere Gora prisoner of war camp are responsible for dredging on the Shua River. About six thousand people.

The labor force of 6,000 people does not sound like a lot, but in fact, when it is actually put into operation, such a group of labor force is still considerable, not to mention this group of prisoners of war in Medvere Gora prisoner of war camp, There are nearly 9,000 prisoners of war in the Luka Garvey prisoner of war camp, and this group of prisoners of war, Victor's plan is to put them into the work of restoring farmland.

Taking his eyes back from where the crowd was, Victor touched his pocket and wanted to light a cigarette for himself, but before he could touch the cigarette in his pocket, Varenka next to him had already handed a cigarette come over.

Using the lighter that Varenka handed over, he lit the cigarette and took a deep breath. Victor raised his hand to touch his forehead and let out a long breath.

In the past more than half a month, Viktor has visited almost the entire Republic of Karelia-Finland. Of course, this is a bit exaggerated, at least he has visited only a few cities in the region. After reading it again, I also have a somewhat in-depth understanding of this troubled region.

To be honest, in Viktor's view, the current Karelian-Finnish Soviet Republic is basically in a state of poverty. First of all, before the outbreak of the war, it was not even a developed economic zone, and in the past few years of war, cities with slightly developed industries were basically destroyed, such as Petrozavodsk. That way. Now, Victor is like painting on a white cloth, he has the most autonomy, but also the most pressure.

The problem now is that if Viktor can make everything by himself, he will not be so stressed at work, but the cruel reality is that although he is the first secretary of Karelia, the Lord The person who catches all the work, but it is impossible for him to control everything.

A week ago, Viktor chaired the first working meeting of the Central Committee of the Karelian-Finnish Soviet Republic after arriving in Petrozavodsk from Vyborg. The meeting lasted for three days and discussed a series of issues, including personnel appointment issues, post-war reconstruction issues, and many other key work issues.

At this meeting, the identity of the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Victor Republic was confirmed - this work will naturally not go wrong, after all, the appointment was made by Moscow, unless someone wants to find it for himself. If you are not comfortable, you will raise objections **** for tat.

On the issue of personnel appointments, the Central Committee has determined the candidates for the first secretary of the municipal party committees of the four cities of Siegoza, Medevizhgorsk, White Sea and Kondoboga; it has determined the candidates for the new Prosecutor General of the Republic Supervisory Committee. The candidates, the candidates for the chairman of the Republic's Foreign Metal Trade Chamber of Commerce, etc., etc., as the new first secretary of the Central Committee of the Republic, Victor did not put forward his own opinions on the issue of these candidates, but endorsed the proposals made by Comrade Kuxinin and others. recommended candidates.

As for the work arrangement for post-war reconstruction, the Central Committee meeting did not come up with an exact plan in the end. The reason is that this work involves the allocation of a budget and the allocation of resources.

Today, the Union Committee for Post-War Reconstruction is a body under the People's Committee, and its budget allocation is constrained by the State Planning Commission. In other words, how much post-war reconstruction funding can the Republic of Karelia-Finland receive? , was also decided by the Union Post-War Reconstruction Committee.

The Union suffered great losses during the war, and its current financial capacity is naturally very limited. Therefore, the actual reconstruction funds allocated to the states and republics cannot be very sufficient, while the Karelia-Finnish Republic is in the After getting the money, it is natural to make overall arrangements and consider which city and region to give priority to.

Throughout the Karelia region, there are dozens of large and small cities, and each city has suffered losses of different sizes in the wars in the past few years. Therefore, the leaders of each city and region are watching. For the allocation of this fund, if possible, everyone wants to take a little more and occupy a little more, and in order to achieve this purpose, they are also looking for relationships and ways.

In this way, at the meeting of the entire Central Committee, there was no unanimous opinion at all. For the same plan, some people support it and some people oppose it, and whether it is positive or negative, the reasons are the same and sufficient.

Of course, Victor also knew that there was one factor that had to be taken into account for this situation, and that was that the first secretary of the republic had not yet established his personal prestige. , either because he was young and didn't take him seriously, or he was trying to test his position and tendency, and at the same time, he was also testing his bottom line.

Victor also knew that, as an "old Karelian", Comrade Kuxinin, who has a high reputation in the region, is also maintaining a wait-and-see attitude. To a certain extent, to establish personal prestige and open up the situation, then Comrade Kuxining has no need to cooperate with him. People can directly put him on the air, or even worse, they can also choose to stabilize the stability in the cooperation between the two parties. He turned his head, making him completely reduced to a subordinate role.

Cooperation will only exist between two people of equal strength, and this will never change.

Victor did not rush to take action or make a statement about the problems existing in the Central Committee of the Republic, and this is not a problem that can be solved with impatience. The more at this time, the more important patience and calmness appear.