Struggle in Soviet Russia

Although the city of Puduori is not large and has a limited population, during the war, because it was far from the front line and was located on the south bank of Lake Vodlozero, it was not affected by too much war. Therefore, some were more important, but they were not. Things that are not too important to be damaged are temporarily stored in cities like Puduori. As for the water patterns and geological data currently stored in the archives, they were previously transferred from all over Karelia.

Following behind Dalaroyan, Viktor and Varenka went directly to the third floor of the administrative building, and in the eastern half of the corridor on the third floor, almost the entire side of the corridor was a file storage room.

"Comrade Viktor Viktorovich," Dararoyan, who was leading the way, stopped in front of a double-leafed door. He first stretched out his hand and gently pushed the door open, then turned around, took a step back, and said, "This is the archive room, where experts and comrades from Moscow are looking for materials."

Victor nodded at him, thanked him, and walked into the room.

The room inside the door was filled with the smell of rotten grass from the old paper piles. It wasn't that bad, but as soon as you smelled this smell, your nose would feel itchy, and you always wanted to sneeze a few times.

Victor was swept away by the strange smell, his nose was itchy for a while, and he rubbed it, but almost rubbed his tears out, resisting the uncomfortable feeling, he sniffed hard, and then saw that he was sitting in a room. The three people who were reading books in front of Zhang Da's desk all looked up at him in unison.

Just in the direction of the door, behind the piles of archives, the unshaven Comrade Kurchatov was also disturbed by the noise Viktor made. He raised his head, frowned and looked over, waiting to see. After the Qinglai person was Victor, his frowning brows stretched out instantly. At the same time, he stood up with his hands on the table and said with a smile: "Victor...Oh, now you can't call you Comrade Chairman, but Comrade Secretary. ."

"Just call me Victor," Victor greeted him with a smile, shook hands with the other party, and said, "If you don't mind, you can also call me Vega."

Although they have cooperated with each other, they are old acquaintances, but to be honest, the relationship between the two people is not familiar enough to call each other by nicknames. If put it a few years ago, Kurchatov, who was still young and vigorous at the time, might not have so many concerns. He might really call Viktor "Vega", but now, after experiencing the pre-war After being neglected for a period of time, coupled with the fact that he has been engaged in administrative work in the past two years, his emotional intelligence has not been so low. To a certain extent, he is even turning into a qualified official. of scientists.

"Come on, let me introduce you," Kurchatov pointed to the two middle-aged men opposite and said, "Comrade Boris Borisovich Rankin of the Institute of Geology ."

Victor looked at the other party, and when he first saw this Comrade Rankin, his consciousness was a little dazed, because the person's appearance gave him an indescribable sense of familiarity. It is very similar to Victor's previous French president, Sarkozy, except that his chin is not as sharp.

"This is Comrade Alexander Alexander Alexander Stretovich of the Institute of Water Resources," Kurchatov introduced another short and stout expert.

"Two comrades, thank you for your hard work," Victor said in a reasonable manner. He shook hands with the two experts and expressed his gratitude.

In fact, whether it was Rankin or Stretovich, Viktor knew it. To be precise, he knew both their names. Both of them were academicians of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, but they belonged to different fields. . Like Stretovich, this person was a water conservancy expert who was specially responsible for investigating the entire watershed of the Propiat River during the Second Five-Year Plan period. The information available in the Soviet Union about the water pattern in the Propiat River basin includes: More than half are from this person.

After a brief exchange, Victor deliberately turned the conversation to his concerns.

"How is it, is the information here enough?" Victor asked tentatively after looking at the piles of documents on the table.

"If you want to comprehensively examine the situation in the Karelia region, of course, these materials are far from enough," Kurchatov, Rankin and Stretovic looked at each other and said with a smile, "However, just In terms of current intentions, we do not think it is necessary to look through all the geological and water pattern data in Karelia, which is not only too much work, but also just a waste of time.”

Victor looked at the three of them in confusion, waiting for them to give him an explanation.

Kurchatov did not explain it directly to him, but glanced in the direction of the door.

Victor followed his gaze and saw that the door was still open, he made a gesture to Varenka who was standing at the door. The latter retreated to the door knowingly and took the door behind him.

"That's it, Viktor," Kurchatov said after the door was closed, "you may not understand that there may be some changes in Moscow regarding the current nuclear power plant construction project."

"Variable?" Victor frowned slightly and asked subconsciously, "What variable?"

"Just the day before yesterday, Comrade Georgy Popov presented a report to the People's Commissariat and the Special Committee," Kurchatov said, "and he proposed to the two committees that the project for this nuclear power plant be placed in Moscow. surrounding area......"

Georgy Popov, the current first secretary of the Moscow State Party Committee and the Municipal Party Committee, is also a political rookie who has just assumed this position after Shcherbakov's death. It can be said that he has been out of the limelight recently. In the core of power in Moscow, Victor's status is still a long way from others. After all, the status of the secretary of the Moscow State Party Committee and Municipal Party Committee is much higher than that of the first secretary of a republic. is to enter the Politburo.

"Place nuclear power plants in the surrounding area of ​​Moscow?" Before Kurchatov finished speaking, Viktor asked, "Can such a proposal be approved by the People's Committee?"

After saying this, Victor realized that something was wrong. His questioning was tantamount to denying the position of Kurchatov and other experts, because they are very confident in the safety of nuclear power plants. .

"Oh, I mean, hasn't the People's Committee always had a dispute over the safety of nuclear power plants?" Victor said, using a more euphemism.

"Popov's attitude is that this nuclear power plant can be placed in places like Kaluga, Ryazan, Tula, or Tver," Kurchatov didn't mind his gaffe, he smiled and said , "For now, the relevant site selection inspections are tentatively scheduled in Kaluga and Ryazan. For the time being, the possibility of Tula and Tver being included in the site selection target cannot be ruled out."

Victor's brows furrowed even tighter. Now that the People's Committee has included Kaluga and Ryazan in the list of destinations for the location selection, it means that Popov's proposal has been approved by the People's Committee, and this The approval speed is indeed fast enough.

Of course, Viktor can also understand the position of the People's Committee. After all, Moscow is the capital of the alliance and is the top priority. When it comes to ensuring the power supply, ten Karelia are added together, I am afraid it is not as good as one. Importance of Moscow. After the construction of the previous five-year plans, although the power supply in Moscow has been popularized, don't forget that Moscow is not the Moscow before the war, considering that Moscow may be faster in the next few years. Therefore, the newly built supporting power facilities must have been on the work schedule of the Moscow State Party Committee and the Municipal Party Committee.

Yes, on the issue of budget allocation, Moscow naturally also enjoys various preferential policies. Popov should have no shortage of funds, but the question is, if he can save money, who would mind taking his own hands? How to stay with limited funds as much as possible?

"Karelia is still relatively passive in this project," Kurchatov continued, "mainly because the intention of this project to be implemented in the surrounding areas of Moscow has been approved by the People's Committee, and Karelia A has not officially started work in this regard. In addition, the geological and water pattern data in the surrounding areas of Moscow are very sufficient, and the relevant site selection and investigation work will progress very quickly. In other words, in terms of speed, your work is already behind. already."

Victor nodded. If Popov did not participate in the competition, Karelia would naturally occupy a dominant position in the competition for this project. Compared with Karelia, other regions have no political advantages. But now the situation has changed, Moscow Oblast has participated in the competition, and in terms of progress, it has come to the front of Karelia, so Victor is passive.

"What advice do you have?" With a hand on Kurchatov's shoulder, Viktor hugged him to the bed, handed a cigarette over, and asked, "You know, this project's landing right vital to the development of Karelia."

Having said this, he raised his head, pointed to the electric light on the roof, and said, "You came last night, and you should have seen that the entire Karelia region, so far, can guarantee 24-hour power supply. , only Petrozavodsk and Vyborg."

"You have to go back to Moscow," Kurchatov said. "Comrade Malenkov should be able to help you enough, you know that."