MTL - Big Time 1958-Chapter 938 Eurasianism

  It doesn’t matter if you need to put out fires abroad, but you don’t have to worry about it at home. This is not a matter of mass incidents among the Soviet people. This kind of incident can be appeased by any of the several members of the anti-revolutionary cadres who were left in Moscow by the general secretary.

   But there is a contradiction in the high-rise, two cities and two regions. In fact, there are three. Regarding the relationship between the three cities of Moscow, Leningrad and Sovietgrad, this also involves regional contradictions. Who says leadership can't have regional conflicts? On the earth, from the change of the world pattern to the small price increase of vegetables, there are reasons for spraying. Getting along with people is not a green website, and it can't be liked by everyone.

"It's the conflict between Romanov and Grishin, and Harazov's position is among them." Serov, who was sitting on the plane, pinched his stiff neck with his hand, looked at Shcherbitsky and said, "If With you in here, it will be lively."

"I am the first secretary of the Ukrainian Party Committee, not the first secretary of the Kyiv Municipal Committee." Sherbitsky yawned, "Old, I will not interfere with your Moscow affairs. The Soviet Union needs me to do my best, but I It will not be involved in the conflict of interests.”

  What do you call Moscow? Serov is not very satisfied with this attitude, but now is not the time to fight. The conflict between Moscow and Leningrad has been around for a long time, from imperial Russia to the Soviet Union to the Russian Federation after the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

   Leningrad, originally called St. Petersburg, was the capital of imperial Russia until the First World War. Moscow's confidence in front of Leningrad is not as equal as the imperial capital and the magic capital. The magic capital is just a rising star in front of the imperial capital, but Moscow, the current political center of the Soviet Union, apart from being the current capital, is at a disadvantage in all aspects of economy, culture, and history, which is very embarrassing.

The significance of    Leningrad led to the creation of the Leningrad Group. So far, it has happened three times. Stalin's close comrade-in-arms Kirov, the Leningrad group led by Zhdanov after World War II, now Romanov.

   If the Ukrainian bloc has always succeeded in attacking the Soviet leadership, the Leningrad bloc has always been the closest loser to success. The three attacks on the top leadership all failed, more than the failures of the KGB's security cadres. From Beria to Shelepin, Soviet security cadres failed only twice.

  The leaders of Leningrad have repeatedly failed, and Moscow has played an important role. The leaders of all generations in Moscow took the first task of sniping the leader of Leningrad to become the supreme leader of the Soviet Union. Over the years, the most harmonious time when Serov saw the two cities was when Shelepin was in power, because the first secretary of the municipal Party committees of the two cities was the secretary of the League Central Committee when Shelepin was the first secretary of the Communist Youth League.

   In just a few years, after the two Yegolychevs were replaced, the relationship between the two cities was back on track. Muscovites are full of superiority, always a little condescending to all out-of-towners, including Petersburg. The Petersburgs, on the other hand, refer to Moscow as a "great village", ... they consider themselves to be owners of a rich cultural and historical heritage, more learned and educated.

"Let Comrade Harazov come over." Serov got off the plane and went directly back to the Kremlin. Harazov was the original second secretary of the Lithuanian Communist Party. At present, if there are any friends of Sherepin who have not been killed by Brezhnev , in addition to Serov, Harazov is the only one.

   Under normal circumstances, Moscow can suppress the dissatisfaction of Leningrad, after all, the political center still has favorable conditions. However, the change comes from another city, Constantinople, which has never been controlled by Russia in history, and is now called Soviet Grad.

  Sovietgrad played another role. This city, which was incorporated into the Soviet Union less than two decades ago, has a similar environment to Leningrad. It's just that one is in the south and the other is in the north. This time, we will attack Moscow together. This made Grishin a little overwhelmed. The development of Soviet Grad has been supported by the entire Soviet Union, and now it has kept pace with Leningrad. In the face of some rules and regulations in Moscow, he is also very dissatisfied.

"The regional conflicts are still so head-scratching, and it's even more complicated when you Soviet Grads are involved." Serov asked little Valya to get a cup of black tea, he drank the water himself, and said lazily, "I believe that Grishin is now must be in a bad mood.”

   "General Secretary, you also know the geographical location of Leningrad and Sovietgrad, and it is normal for them to come later." Harazov and Serov have known each other for a long time, so they communicated bluntly.

"I understand, but politically, I have to be on Grishin's side." Serov shrugged. "We are not a fully European country. It was Siberia that gave us the resources to fight the United States. Eurasianism and Eastern The culture of the Roman Empire is compatible, and the meaning of the double-headed eagle I believe you, as the first secretary of Soviet Grad, can understand the connotation."

"Europeans have always thought that we are not part of Europe. Only in recent years have they admitted that this has something to do with our national strength. When the old imperialists in Western Europe beg us, they can think of European unity." Serov snorted coldly, "We do not We need to ask them, the Soviet Union is a European country as well as an Asian country, and we have to take care of the whole Eurasian continent.”

   No city can take the place of Moscow. Moscow is the capital of the Soviet Union, Leningrad is the capital of imperial Russia, and the birthplace of pro-Western factions, not to mention Soviet Grad, the Soviet Union has always hated religion.

   Not long, the First Secretary of the Moscow Municipal Party Committee, Grishin, and the leader of Leningrad, Romanov, both came to the Kremlin. The general secretary first angrily rebuked Romanov and Harazov, and stood by Grishin without hesitation. He was the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and had to defend what was best for the Soviet Union.

   After scolding, he still has to return to the formal issue, which is the restrictions imposed by the two cities on Moscow. "If you want to immigrate, Russia does not have it. You can go to the republics in Central Asia to find a way."

   If we do not let go of the policy restrictions, we can only postpone this dissatisfaction until Leningrad and Sovietgrad are fully fledged, and we will attack Moscow in the future. This is unavoidable. Los Angeles and New York in the United States, and the magic capital and imperial capital in China all have this kind of management. Can the Soviet Union suppress this dissatisfaction forever through administrative power? Totally impossible.

"The Soviet Union is the Soviet Union. We stand on the earth and do not need to think about whether we are Europeans or Asians. Both Europe and Asia are within the scope of the Soviet Union's consideration." The headline of the Komsomolskaya Pravda the next day was also considered It poured a pot of cold water on the strife in several big cities.

  The Soviet delegation had just left France, and Reagan's trip to France was about to begin. Reagan will visit Britain, France and Germany this time. When Seroff was in France, Reagan was in London to support Margaret Thatcher. After Serov returned to fight the fire, Reagan began his visit to France.

   "The strategy for the Cold War was that we win and they lose," Reagan told Margaret Thatcher before leaving London.

   But after Reagan arrived in France, he was greeted by numerous waves of protests, because Reagan wanted to deploy neutron bombs in Europe to deal with the Soviet tank army, and France was firmly opposed to this. France has been holding back NATO for years, banning any deployments that heighten tensions in Europe, and warning the US if the Soviet Union doesn't listen.

  The United States just showed its intention to deploy a neutron bomb, and France immediately expressed its firm opposition, inciting countries with good relations with France to oppose it, and an overwhelming wave of protests spread throughout Western Europe.

On this matter, the Federal Republic of Germany and France are on the same page. Before Reagan arrived in Germany, the protesters in the Federal Republic of Germany had already taken to the streets, and the Germans had a very simple idea. They would rather be threatened by Soviet tanks than be threatened by Soviet tanks. Soviet nuclear missile threat.

  The Soviet Union has stated several times that the deployment of neutron bombs by the United States is just an attempt to break through the restrictions on the use of nuclear weapons. No matter how good the United States is, the Soviet Union will respond with nuclear bombs and ignore the US sophistry of the scope of application of nuclear and conventional weapons.

"In this matter, we must pull France. We would rather be threatened by French nuclear weapons than let the neutron bombs of the United States stay away from us." Serov said to Foreign Minister Gromyko, "Where did Reagan go? Wherever we protest."

   The facts are so clear that the Soviet Union would rather endure the threat from France than allow the United States to threaten itself. The Soviet Union’s attitude was clearly accepted by French President Mitterrand. This time France has become the biggest stumbling block for the United States.

  Reagan visited France for a few days, as the Soviet Union thought, wherever he went, he was protested wherever he went. The so-called personal charisma and speaking ability can't be brought into play. First of all, the French do not understand English, and the French media did not package Reagan. Reagan's charisma doesn't come out without the packaging.

  Without the media packaging, what a great leader, Reagan was not as charismatic as the big spy chief who just left France. At least when Shelov visited, the French media uniformly believed that the friendship between France and the Soviet Union would be the cornerstone of world peace.

   In the midst of a wave of protests, Reagan arrived in the Federal Republic of Germany, still seeing a huge crowd of protesters protesting the idea of ​​Reagan trying to deploy a neutron bomb in the Federal Republic of Germany.

   "Give me a loudspeaker and surround West Berlin. Reagan dared to come to West Berlin, and I let him not even give a speech." Through a senior Stasi agent, the Soviet Union immediately made targeted deployments. Whenever the president of the United States encounters a problem, he often goes to West Berlin to brush his presence and show his bravery. Reagan is an actor, and it is not surprising to think of this trick.