Struggle in Soviet Russia

In his previous life, although Victor didn't know much about the history of the Soviet Union, he always knew what kind of fate the super red empire that once threatened the entire Europe, and even the entire world, finally gained, yes, it split , split from a super empire into more than a dozen countries of different sizes, and thus embarked on their own different paths.

Now that you know the final fate of the Soviet Union in the previous life, there is a question worth thinking about. How did this once powerful country suddenly embark on the road of division? And the answer is also very clear, that is, the ethnic contradiction that is difficult to reconcile.

In fact, after the evolution of history into the twentieth century, all the divisions of countries in the world stem from ethnic conflicts, whether it is Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union, or Czechoslovakia, etc., etc., their divisions are based on different ethnic groups. On the basis of a certain national similarity, they came together, and finally, with national differences as the fuse, they broke up with one blow, and the Soviet Union also did not get out of such a rut.

Victor may indeed have no experience in dealing with ethnic issues, but he is a rebirth after all, and in the era before he traveled back, he had seen too many incidents of country splitting, so whether it was his vision or the angle of thinking The most important thing is that he knows what the future fate of the Soviet Union is like, and he will push it backwards to find various problems in the development of the Soviet Union.

In Victor's view, the current Soviet constitution itself has a series of problems. At the same time, there are also serious problems in the construction of the Soviet Union's administrative divisions. The reason why these problems have not been highlighted now is because of the entire social atmosphere of the alliance. It is still positive. The party members and cadres of the Bolshevik Party are still advanced in their ideological awareness. Under this general trend, many problems have been hidden. On the other hand, it is because Comrade Stalin's prestige in the whole alliance is unrivaled. Except for those die-hard nationalists, the whole alliance, no matter what nationality, has a strong centripetal force towards Moscow. Therefore, , the centrifugal tendency is not reflected.

But there must be a clear understanding of this phenomenon, that is, this situation cannot be maintained for a long time. If the loopholes in the constitution are not repaired, the problems that existed in the previous life will break out sooner or later.

So what's wrong with the Union's constitutional provisions? In short, it has given too much power to each nation, the so-called power of national autonomy and national self-determination.

At the beginning of the victory of the October Revolution in the Soviet Union, Comrade Lenin led the promulgation of two proclamations, the "Declaration on the Rights of the Peoples of All Nationalities in Russia" and the "Message to All Muslim Working People in Russia and the East", in which he proposed that "all nationalities shall enjoy self-determination". even the right to divide and organize independent states". But before the October Revolution, when Comrade Lenin talked about the national issue, his own point of view was actually against national self-determination. He even clearly pointed out in his published article: Marxism and nationalism are irreconcilable, Marxism Activists should be against federalism and separation of powers.

However, at the beginning of the League's founding, it was also the time when the nationalist trend of thought was awakening worldwide. At that time, the Bolshevik Party Central Committee had to write the content of national self-determination in order to gain the support of all sectors of the League. The Constitution, and in the subsequent work, established a large number of autonomous republics, autonomous prefectures and autonomous regions throughout the Union, and at the same time gave more than a dozen republics the right to join the Union and withdraw freely.

To be honest, this part of the content written into the constitution is like a time bomb that may be detonated at any time for the national stability and national security of the alliance. Its threat is obvious, but until now, the alliance has not thought about it. To plug this loophole.

Especially on the issue of setting up administrative divisions, the existence of a large number of autonomous republics, autonomous prefectures and autonomous regions based on the proportion of ethnic groups, in the process of their long-term development, will inevitably emphasize regional political power, but also more and more. More and more emphasis is placed on a national identity characterized by language, region, and blood ties. With a little guidance, this national identity will become narrow, militant, divisive, and eventually evolve into extreme nationalist sentiments.

The most serious thing is that once this nationalist sentiment based on national identity penetrates into the Bolshevik party organization, and the phenomenon of nationalization of party members and nationalization of cadres occurs, then the split of the alliance will not be far off.

More than a century ago, there was a revolution that tried to overthrow the tsarist autocracy during the imperial Russian period. It was the outbreak of this revolution that led to the disintegration of the Russian serf system. ".

Although this revolution did not succeed, its leaders were very far-sighted, such as Reliyev, Pestely, etc. These people, in the revolution of more than 100 years, clearly put forward One point of view: Russia must not establish administrative divisions based on a single ethnic group, but must establish administrative divisions that integrate multi-ethnic groups, otherwise, the country will collapse.

Yes, this opinion was clearly put forward before One Worlds, but in today's alliance, no one pays attention to it, which is a problem in itself.

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Kizhi Island.

On the lawn where the main color was slightly yellowed, Victor was walking outside the jungle with a cigarette in his mouth and frowning. Not far away, a magnificent cathedral stood on the edge of the hills and slopes. The cathedral's tone became darker. Gray, if you look closely, you will find that it is actually built from logs.

It was the famous Cathedral of the Transfiguration on Kizhi Island. At this time, the church had been confiscated by the People's Committee of Petrozavodsk and opened to the public as a sanatorium.

On the edge of the jungle on the other side, there were two jeeps parked, and more than a dozen uniformed guards were scattered around the outskirts of the jungle. They were specially responsible for protecting Victor's safety.

Six or seven steps away from Victor, Sophia in a brown dress stood quietly, holding a notebook in her hand, as if waiting to make a record.

Karelia is located in the extreme north of the Union. In mid-September, the weather is getting colder and colder, and the feeling of entering winter is already very obvious.

The work meeting of the Republic had ended two days ago. Overall, this meeting was relatively successful. Victor's will was implemented to a certain extent, and no one jumped out to sing against him. Of course, this may also be because he did not touch the interests of others, nor did he make adjustments in personnel matters.

Although this meeting was over, Victor's heart did not calm down. He was still thinking about the issue of "nationalization of cadres".

Victor is aware of the danger of this phenomenon, so he does not intend to remain silent on this issue.

But having said that, Victor also knows that discussing this issue openly, or even criticizing it, is inherently risky, because within the alliance, the issue of ethnicity has always been a very complicated issue.

First of all, in Karelia, when recruiting new party members, it is not a special measure taken by a certain person or a certain department. It is quite common in Karelia. Sex, after all, the current ruling party in the republic is the so-called "Karelian-Finnish Communist Party", not the coalition's Bolshevik party.

In addition, in the current cadre group in the Karelia region, the Finns also occupy an absolute dominant proportion. To give the simplest example, in the "Big Three" of the Republic, in addition to Victor himself, the rest of the People's Committee The chairman and the chairman of the Supreme Soviet are all Finns. To be honest, if Comrade Stalin did not want to give Victor a chance to perform, the first secretary of the republic might also be a Finn.

Yes, the national autonomy and self-determination proposed by the alliance are not symbolic, but real. Take each republic as an example, aside from the two special existences of Ukraine and Belarus, the main leaders of the other republics are almost all of their own nationalities, including the chairman of the Supreme Soviet, the first secretary and the chairman of the People's Committee, etc. wait wait wait.

This appointment practice does not exist in a specific period, but runs through the entire history of the alliance. In Viktor's previous life, in 1986, Gorbachev dismissed Kunayev, the first secretary of Kazakhstan, and instead appointed the Russian Corbyn as the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Republic. The "Almaty Incident" that shocked the world. And no matter what the cause of the incident was, at least, from the epitome of this incident, we can see the distinctive features of the alliance's "nationalization of cadres".

Of course, the situation in Karelia is not that serious now, but if Victor rashly raises this issue and publicly opposes or even criticizes the phenomenon of nationalization of cadres and party members, the final result will inevitably be to a certain extent, It will be detrimental to the development of his work to have a confrontation with the local Finnish cadre in Karelia.

Also, apart from the local problems in Karelia, what is the likely response from Moscow? Will the Kremlin stand on his side once Viktor opens up about the nationalization of cadres and party members? This is really hard to say.