USSR 1991

"No, you are wrong. The motherland no longer needs me as an old man. The future Soviet Union will be the world of your younger generation. Because you are the future of this country, I need to come forward to be this evil person. My task is to remove all obstacles that hinder the development of the motherland and bring the country to the right. Comrade Vladimir, the whole country will be handed over to you."

Vladimir can feel the heavy sense of responsibility on his shoulders thousands of kilometers away.

Yanayev finally said on the phone, "I'm old, I can't move anymore, I don't have enough energy to support a protracted struggle, and I am going to retreat from the frontline battlefield."

Eight years of devotion to duty, he is like an old man whose oil lamp has run out, burning out the last inch of the wick.

Until the end, what he cared about was still the country, the people that the Soviets dutifully guarded.

Even if he falls, he will fall on the land he loves here.

"Just let me, an old man, do my best for the country before leaving. Finally, tell it, dear motherland, I have done my best."

Chapter 982 Thank you, comrade

There is a secret prison in Yaroslavl, not far from Moscow, where conservative members who are about to be transferred to Moscow for the final trial are held.

Originally they were supposed to be detained in Moscow for trial, but they were transferred to a new prison to prevent other people in Moscow from colluding with them to rob the prison.There are few people who dare to do such a thing under the nose of Yanayev, but we should also be wary of those who are ready to put all their eggs in one basket.

The heavily guarded convoy passed through the forest path and headed towards the secret prison.

Lukyanov's crimes have been settled, including inciting high-level turmoil in Moscow, and the final ending is to spend the rest of his life in the desolate Siberian ice and snow scenic spot. Of course, for the sake of that list, Lukyanov is not alone. , and a large group of senior leaders will spend time with him. For Comrade Lenin's sake, exile to Siberia is their best ending.

Gnieralov did not escape prison because of Lukyanov's beating.Yanayev told him that Lukyanov told you all about your other potential crimes, so the dear leader, Chief of the Security Bureau, will still spend several years in prison.

Gnieralov's face was pale. He didn't expect Lukyanov to be more ruthless, and the information on each other's reports actually made him directly thrown into prison; by the time he wanted to explain other things, Yanayev was no longer needed. His confession was made.

With a little trickery, everyone's secrets were completely revealed.

After returning from the coast of Crimea, Yanayev met Lukyanov for the last time. At this time, he already knew his next fate. In fact, the court trial was just a formality. His colleagues made a final decision.

The door of the prison was opened, and Comrade Lukyanov saw Yanayev walk through the door, staring at him who had become a prisoner with cold eyes, and said, "Comrade Lukyanov, I have advised you before, don't try to Struggle fearlessly, and you will end up with nothing but yourself."

"It's your own fault..." Lukyanov raised his head, and shook his head through the cold iron fence, "Don't be complacent for too long, General Secretary Yanayev, you don't have a few years left. Wait until Fra After Kimir came to power, he will definitely not be able to suppress others. The power of the conservatives will come back. Even if you can destroy those potential supporters, you will not be able to destroy the foundation of this country. Even if you don’t want to admit it anymore, I hope you can through internal struggles Solve the invisible class contradictions, but the people you cultivate will become a new class. After five or ten years, everything will be as you wish.”

"Yes, but so what?"

What Lukyanov said were secret facts, and he always knew in his heart that this was an inevitable historical trend.New things will one day become old things that hinder development.

"With the development of farming civilization, the slave society was replaced by the feudal dynasty, gunpowder and steam ended the dark ages of knights and kings' laurels, ushered in the vigorous development of the bourgeois revolution, and the shining spark of knowledge promoted the development of world civilization. Forward, as the communist movement is thriving forward. But Comrade Lukyanov, you forgot one thing, at the critical turning point of civilization towards a new era, there will always be someone who will stand up against the darkness of the past, the Glorious Revolution that laid the foundation for Britain to enter The opportunity of industrial civilization, while the October Revolution awakened the red polar bear sleeping in the dark."

"Why should I worry? I have no reason to worry. Even if, as you said, they can no longer adapt to the development of this era, then someone will stand up like me and eradicate the old conservative forces, just like the August [-]th coup. Even if I am not in Moscow, there will still be someone who will inherit my career and inherit the true spirit of communism."

"..."

Lukyanov raised his head, stared at Yanayev's resolute face, finally just sighed and said, "You are more like that gray cardinal than Suslov."

"Thank you, Comrade Lukyanov. Actually, I knew about your plot before the coup d'etat started. Why didn't I expose it? The reason is very simple, because I need you to risk the gallows to launch a coup d'etat, actually In fact, I am not afraid that you will rebel, but I am afraid that you will not rebel. When you rebel, I have a fair reason to deal with potential threats. Do you think that the mayor of Moscow Luzhkov, the head of the KGB, and Kiriyenko and Gaidar, these are the last resort to force you to do it, dear Comrade Lukyanov, from the beginning to the end, you have been in a scam."

Lukyanov stood up suddenly, staring at the general secretary in front of him with angry eyes, with a sad and indignant expression.

"Are you satisfied? General Secretary Yanayev. For this reason, the conservatives have been forced to leave by you. For this reason, no one in the conservatives can stand up against your rule. Just for For this reason, you sent everyone to the guillotine!"

"What else do you want?"

Lukyanov rushed over, grabbed the prison bars, and stared closely at Yanayev.

"Aren't you satisfied now? Do you want to continue to add insult to injury?"

Yanayev spoke, and he said with a smile, "I am very satisfied, as long as you can send all of you conservatives to the guillotine, that is my only request."

"I will wait for you in Siberia, General Secretary Yanayev. You wait for me, everyone, everyone will wait for you in Siberia, we will wait for you to come, you will not be proud for long."

Lukyanov cursed loudly. He had lost everything and only had one mouth to vent his anger.But it doesn't matter anymore for the bigger picture.

Only the unwillingness and anger in his heart still occupy his heart, supporting him to vent this anger.

"We'll all be waiting for you in hell, Yanayev!"

As the prison door was slowly closed, Lukyanov's last swearing stopped abruptly, cutting off Lukyanov's connection with the outside world.An angry soul bound in a cold iron prison.

It's all over, and peace returns.

Yanayev stood at the door of the prison, and Pavlov was waiting for him outside. After the bombardment of the White House, Pavlov was only slightly injured, and there was no major obstacle.

"What about Lukyanov?"

Pavlov, whose left hand was still wrapped in gauze, asked, "I think from now on, you should be the enemy of all conservative members."

"According to his list, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is arresting all those involved in the turmoil. I am afraid that the situation in Moscow will become a little tense in the next few moments. After all, a considerable number of bureaucrats will be arrested one after another. They were charged with participating in a conspiracy to overthrow the state."

Pavlov sighed, and said slowly, "I knew it would end like this, why did I take the risk of joining this turmoil in the first place?"

Yanayev knocked on the iron railing and looked up at the prison hidden in the desolate place.Coniferous forests wrap this place from all directions, leaving only one road leading to the outside world.

This is an absolute prison.

Standing in front of the glass window, staring at the mountains in the distance, he answered Pavlov's words, "Probably they think that they will get more political benefits than in my hands, but they don't think that the conservatives This group, which is the most worthy of investment, capsized in the gutter. They are not wronged at all, at least among the many people who were arrested, none of them were wronged."

Yanayev said indifferently, "Now proceed according to your list. Who should be promoted, who should be promoted, and who should retire early. I think you should have an idea in your heart. I I will not bother you to form new members of the Politburo. But it is better to communicate with Comrade Vladimir, after all, his views are also important."

Yanayev said that he wanted to communicate with Vladimir, but he actually let Pavlov understand that Comrade Vladimir is the real leader of the Politburo, and that the formation of the next Soviet Presidium should revolve around him.

"I understand."

Since Yanayev did not treat Pavlov as a conservative member, he remained on the other party's trust list. After thinking for a long time, Pavlov still wanted to ask Yanayev that question.

"Why did the general secretary rescue me desperately? You must have known that I was a conservative from the very beginning, right?"

Yanayev glanced at him, twisted the cigarette butt with two fingers and spun it on the wall, and directly extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand, and said, "Comrade Pavlov, since the August 1991th coup in [-], we have I already knew that you were a conservative. I didn’t replace you because I knew that Moscow didn’t have enough manpower. If I had turned around and attacked my colleagues at that time, I wouldn’t have Yazov and other people loyal to Gorba. Comrade Qiaofu's trust. However, as the political situation in Moscow gradually stabilized, the contradiction between me and the conservatives gradually emerged. It is you who have always played the role of mediator. For this, I want to say thank you .”

"You know that the conservatives can't maintain the current situation without me, they will only turn back the wheel of history, return to the Brezhnev era, and then there will be another August [-] coup, or an even more unfortunate ending will come. It is also because of this that you are firmly on my side in this coup, isn't it?"

Pavlov didn't speak, and quietly listened to the general secretary's continuation.

"If I betray even the believers in the Soviet Union, who will fight for the truth we firmly believe in in the future?"

"Thank you, Comrade Pavlov."

Chapter 983 Forgiveness and Loyalty

The quiet corridor echoed with the sound of leather shoes stepping on the marble floor. A middle-aged man with a serious face was walking towards the office at the end of the corridor with a notebook in his hand.He was followed by a guard, and the conference room was ordered not to bring any weapons into it, but he needed soldiers to maintain the chaotic scene that might arise.

Comrade Vladimir in a suit and leather shoes walked to the door, and the soldiers standing on both sides pushed the door open.As soon as he entered the meeting room, he saw a group of nervous officers waiting for him to come.After seeing Vladimir, they all stopped talking, and stood up subconsciously, watching Comrade Vladimir.

Some people's hands are even trembling. Vladimir's rapid rise in prestige in the army in recent years is obvious to all. He is the second strongman in Moscow after Yanayev.Coupled with the downfall of Lukyanov, the conservatives have been unable to make any waves. Others know that he is firmly in control of the political situation, and no one can shake his position.

Looking around, almost all the guys who survived the coup d'état, as for those who are determined to rebel with Lukyanov, I'm afraid it's not up to me to greet them now.Yanayev would personally take the soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to chat with them about Marx and Engels.