Struggle in Soviet Russia

The Shobbihof Hall on the second floor of the Tulodimo Palace Villa.

Victor sat in the center of the first row of the rostrum. In front of him, there was a nameplate with his name written on it, and next to the nameplate, there was a stainless steel teacup.

To Viktor's left is Comrade Verolainen, representing the People's Committee of the Republic, to his right is Comrade Kusinin, and if we continue to count to both sides, there is Comrade Vlaki Strynic, who represents the Council of Control of the Republic, Secretariat Comrade Nikita Marcone, the deputy secretary in charge of cadre work, etc., etc., in short, all the senior cadres at the decision-making level of the Republic were present, and no one was missed.

At this time, Comrade Vitaly Andrianov, who is representing the Consumer Goods and Residential Services Committee, was speaking at the podium. The issues he talked about mainly related to the shortage of materials in various parts of the Republic, especially the shortage of important agricultural products. .

In Viktor's hand, in addition to the photocopies of Andrianov's speech, there is also a thick notebook. The notebook contains the resumes of a series of cadres and comrades. On one page is the basic information about Andrianov.

Vitaly Alexandrovich Andrianov, born in 1901 in Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod region, did not go to school, and has followed him from a very early age My father is a carpenter, and because he eats by craftsmanship, the family conditions are not too bad. He joined the Bolshevik Party at the age of nineteen, and in 1924 became the local party secretary of Arzamas...

While listening to Andrianov's report, Viktor looked at the person's resume. Today, no matter who takes the stage to speak, he will find out the corresponding resume of the other party, and analyze the other party's resume while listening to the other party's speech. This is also a way for him to get to know the local cadres.

In Viktor's opinion, Comrade Andrianov has a rich resume. He worked from Nizhny Novgorod to Ryazan, and from Ryazan to Murmansk, and finally came to Kazakh. Relia. Most importantly, during the Great Patriotic War, he fought in the Murmansk region, and his job was to keep the Murmansk railway flowing.

It must be emphasized that during the Great Patriotic War, nearly 70% of the aid supplies sent by Britain and the United States to the Soviet Union landed in the port of Murmansk. The Germans and the Finns have tried several times to seize the port or directly destroy it. After an unknown number of failures, the Germans tried to blow up the Murmansk railway and sent special operations forces frequently for this purpose. Raided areas along the Murmansk railway line.

In the first period of time, the Germans did have a lot of gains. They blew up several columns of the Soviet army and cut off railway transportation from time to time. But after a few months, the Soviet army began to strengthen the protection of the Murmansk railway. At that time, the person in charge of the work was Andrianov, who was responsible for the security of the entire railway line along the Kola River. The work, specifically, is the section of the railway from Murmansk to Olenegersk.

During the two and a half years he was in charge of this work, the railway guards have successively defeated, routed, and eliminated German special operations teams nearly 60 times, without causing any loss to railway transportation, which means that his work has been satisfactorily completed. For this task, Comrade Andrianov won the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union" twice, and was personally received by Comrade Stalin at the end of the Battle of Leningrad.

It was not until the Finns withdrew from the war and completely turned against the Germans, after the war on the northern front was over, that Comrade Andrianov returned to his place and was transferred to the Karelia region to take up his current position.

In Viktor's view, this resume is very worthy of attention. The reason for this is that Andrianov's previous employment resume is not related to the Karelia region. After all, he came to Karelia to work. The time is not much longer than that of Viktor. The difference between the two is only more than two months, which means that he has little contact with those local people in Karelia, those "Finns".

As the new first secretary of the Karelian-Finnish Soviet Republic, even if Viktor does not participate in any form of political struggle or struggle for power and profit, he always needs to have some "own people" within the republic, and these people do not need For him to charge into battle and expand territory, but also need to express support for him at certain times.

However, although Comrade Andryanov is very "clean" in his personal resume and meets Victor's requirements, judging from his speech, his political consciousness or political sensitivity is obviously still lacking. . In his speech, he made some comments on the agricultural restoration work in the Karelia region, considering that the agricultural production in the whole republic has not recovered to 30% of the level before the war, coupled with the lack of agricultural products processing enterprises, etc. A series of factors, if the entire Karelia region wants to ensure sufficient supply of basic materials such as food after the winter this year, it must seek greater support from Moscow, or start a resource-for-food partnership with the Finns. bilateral trade.

From a practical point of view, Comrade Andrianov's analysis and suggestions are in line with the facts. Because the Karelia region has had insufficient food supply since before the war, it needs support from Moscow, and with the war, the few farmlands that were originally were either destroyed or flooded. The problem of shortage is naturally more serious.

Previously, the Finnish side did put forward a proposal to exchange resources for food, aimed at strengthening economic and trade exchanges between the two sides. According to the provisions of the Soviet Constitution, as a republic, the Karelia-Finnish Soviet Republic has the right to directly develop diplomatic relations with Finland. At the same time, a series of economic and trade cooperation can also be carried out. However, how to carry out this economic and trade cooperation requires further discussions between the two parties, and the final result must also be approved by Moscow.

Comrade Andrianov's opinion is very clear. The economic and trade negotiations with the Finns must be accelerated. At the same time, the request for help from Moscow must be carried out as soon as possible, because it is already autumn, and winter is coming soon. If people starve to death, there can be no delay in these tasks.

The suggestions are very good and very necessary, but the problem is that when he made these opinions, he also mixed a series of complaints in the process of expounding. Not enough attention was paid to construction. After the war, the work of restoring agricultural production such as dredging in the region was too neglected. If this continues, the agriculture of the Republic is likely to be exhausted and become a region that needs to rely on central assistance for all food.

In politics, there is a problem that must be clarified, that is, asking a question and complaining are not the same thing. Asking a question is to find the problem, and then give suggestions and solutions. As for whether the superiors accept it or not, it is the superior's business, but complaining , that is, the questions and suggestions raised are not accepted by the superior, but the person who raised the question is unwilling to give up, and he is still behind the scenes, even in public, to criticize the superior's decision-making, acting as if his own views are correct. Besides, everyone else is wrong.

This whining habit is absolutely undesirable because it doesn't solve any real problems. Imagine that a suggestion you made was not accepted by the leader, and then you refused to give up, and everyone talked about it. Then one day in the future, it turns out that your advice is wrong and the leadership is right, so how do you deal with it? Conversely, if the leadership turns out to be wrong and you are right, then... how do you deal with it?

Now this is the case with Comrade Andrianov, his mouth is a little broken, which is very unpleasant.

However, the question he raised was kept in Victor's mind.

As far as the reality is concerned, agriculture and agriculture-related light industries in Karelia may not be able to develop effectively in the future. After all, in the subsequent five-year plan, the main focus of work is not both aspects. Moscow has guiding opinions on the specific work of the various regions of the Union. The focus of Karelia's work is not on agriculture and light industry, and the relevant resources allocated by the Planning Commission will not be concentrated in these two categories. A's own economic situation, there are no more resources to invest in these two categories.

Therefore, Victor's idea is that Karelia can develop economic and trade cooperation with the Finns to a certain extent. In the current post-war reconstruction work of the Finns, agriculture and light industry are their important work directions. Considering that Finland is adjacent to Karelia, and at the same time, the former's policy formulation is not influenced by Moscow, Victor feels that both sides Complementary advantages can be formed in certain economic fields. For example, this economic and trade cooperation project of resources-for-food is carried out to a certain extent.

The resources that the Finns hope to obtain from Karelia are mainly wood and stone. As far as Victor knows, the Finns are strengthening friendly and cooperative relations with the Soviet Union on the one hand, and economic and trade exchanges with Western countries on the other hand. , they are exporting timber and other resources to the French and British in exchange for foreign exchange, and at the same time, they are purchasing timber and other resources from the alliance. If nothing else, Helsinki should intend to shape itself as a bridge between the alliance and the Western world, and use this role to ensure its own security while reaping benefits.