USSR 1991

The charge of treason is very serious, and Yanayev used the charge of treason to threaten the two people in front of him.

Kravchuk saw for the first time that Yanayev was like an angry lion, still roaring in a language he could not understand, so he lowered his head and glanced at the silent Shushkovich next to him. , Use your eyes to signal the other person to do something.

Shushkevich, who understood, raised his head and said, "President Yanayev, what do you mean?"

"What I mean? It's very simple." After beating around the bush for so long, Yanayev put his intentions on the table as a bargaining chip, "Doesn't the Soviet Union have three voting rights in the United Nations? I want to abolish the Republic of Ukraine and Belarus now." The Republic has a legal seat in the United Nations and forms a highly unified Soviet decision-making power. I summoned the two of you today to announce this to you two."

Not a discussion but an announcement. Yanayev's attitude has already shown everything. The days of independence won by the franchise countries in 1988 are coming to an end. The Iron Curtain of the Soviets will regain control of everything and form a new unbreakable alliance.

"As for the two of you here, whether you choose to obey or perish, that's up to you."

Yanayev leaned back in his chair, looking at the leaders of the two franchise countries with uncertain expressions.

Chapter 74 Sow the Woe

The question of survival or death is not only encountered by Hamlet, but also by the supreme leader who represents the interests of the country, especially when facing a tough and unreasonable presidential leader like Yanayev , Kravchuk and Shushkevich felt that their IQs were obviously not enough.

The issue of three votes for one country in the Soviet Union has been around for a long time. On April 1945, 4, the United Nations Constitutional Conference opened in San Francisco, and Ukraine and Belarus were invited to the conference.Due to the special contribution of the Soviet Union in the Anti-Fascist War, the small and medium-sized countries participating in the meeting had no objection to this. On June 25, representatives of 6 countries signed the "United Nations Charter", which was later signed by Poland. On June 16, representatives of Ukraine and Belarus signed the UN Charter and became founding members of the UN.

Ukraine and Belarus joined the United Nations as republics of the Soviet Union, which did not violate the Charter of the United Nations and the Constitution of the Soviet Union, and there was nothing wrong with it legally.

Of course, Kravchuk was the first to be unhappy. Since the founding of the United Nations, Ukraine’s legal seat has not been shaken. How can you abolish the seat because of Yanayev’s words.He said, "President Yanayev, this is a bit too much. How can we say that our status was determined when the United Nations was established, and whether it is abolished or not is not a matter of your words."

Yanayev's unilateral amendment to the constitution of the member countries has already aroused dissatisfaction among the leaders of the member countries. They were only frightened by Yanayev's thunderous tactics during the Baltic Sea crisis. They were waiting for an opportunity, waiting for all Opportunities against Yanayev when people unite.

"Yes, at least we should call the leaders of other franchise countries to hold a meeting together to make a decision?" Shushkevich, who was on the same front as Ukraine, also agreed, and now they can only hold back Yanaye Husband, in order to win the support of the leaders of other alliance countries.Even if Yanayev showed strong opposition, it was within his budget.

"You can discuss whatever you want." Yanayev was surprisingly indifferent, which surprised Kravchuk and Shushkevich. They wondered what the other was thinking in their hearts. Own enemies fighting for respite?Is Yanayev really crazy or fake?

What Yanayev is thinking in his mind and what kind of situation he is deploying, I am afraid that only he himself knows.

"If I want to go my own way in the end, are you going to unite against me, or is the Soviet annexing all the territories of the affiliated countries through war?" Yanayev's voice was calm, but the content made people shudder.

"Behind us is the Western world." Kravchuk finally tore his face at this moment, and met Yanayev frankly, "If you really dare to use the means of war, you are not afraid to change the alliance country. The graveyard of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan? We can get a steady stream of arms support, but what do you have?"

"The Soviets are not like you begging for mercy. We never rely on other people's charity. The support of the Communist Party is those people who trust us." Yanayev's voice was sonorous and forceful, and he severely questioned Kravchuk's shameless kneeling and licking Western behavior.

"Then we'll wait and see." Shushkevich put down his harsh words. Now that the conversation with Yanayev had collapsed, he didn't need to put on a hypocritical face and say some flattering words, "We didn't It is necessary to continue wasting time here, so farewell, President Yanayev."

"Walk slowly." Yanayev didn't even bother to stand up, and watched the two guys leave his office in a hurry.

After sending Shushkevich and Kravchuk away, Surkov, who had been watching behind the scenes, finally came out of the shadows.As Yanayev's most powerful aide, Surkov personally witnessed the confrontation between Yanayev and the leaders of the other two alliance countries.

Surkov held his forehead weakly, and said, "Dare to destroy the old order and let everything be reborn in the ruins. No one has thought of this kind of shocking thinking. Even if Stalin saw your overall plan, probably And I will say that this man is really a madman."

"Then you still support my idea." Yanayev smiled wryly, and found that it is really simple and straightforward to think about problems with the thinking of a bear. When a fire broke out in the Wuertabuke oil and gas well in the district and could not be extinguished, a nuclear bomb with an equivalent of 1966 kilotons was detonated underground, successfully blocking the oil and gas well.It's no wonder that during the Fukushima nuclear crisis, Russian experts suggested detonating a nuclear bomb directly to eliminate nuclear radiation. Only fighting nations in the world dared to do this.

Of course, in the face of various problems in the franchise countries, Yanayev's first unrealistic idea was to neutralize them, which was simple and practical.Of course, he will not do this kind of criminal behavior that is nailed to the pillar of historical shame. Nuclear weapons can only be a hole card that can be seen but not used.

"Although it seems frightening, it may not be impossible to try. Anyway, President Yanayev has walked all the way since August. The most common method is to continue the lingering life of a Soviet and completely break the old order. On the contrary, the prison of the old is the rebirth of the new. The October Revolution we have opened a new flower on the old corpse of the White Tsar, and now we will have a new round of blooming in the withered stamen."

I am afraid that the whole world will not agree with Yanayev's thoughts at this time. Only Surkov firmly supports Yanayev's seemingly crazy and absurd but desperate plan.

Wisdom Eyes and Judgments are still the same crazy, even Surkov, who has always been known for his calmness and rationality, is a little puzzled.

"There is another problem. The Soviet Union has a total of 16 fixed strategic missile launch sites, 12 of which are in Russia, 2 in Kazakhstan, and 2 in Ukraine. A total of 1000 strategic missile warheads are deployed in Kazakhstan. A total of 920 land-based strategic nuclear warheads have been deployed on the territory of China. Although we have top-secret protection, even the alliance countries do not know the exact location, but..."

Surkov took a deep breath and continued, "If there is a traitor among the leaders of one of the bases, they may collude with the opposition in a few minutes, and then turn their guns towards us, even if this group of people It is not a good thing for the lunatics of the doctrine to know one of them."

"But the decision to launch is in our hands. Even if I hand the suitcase in front of them, will they have the guts to press the button to launch?" Yanayev did not want to continue on this issue, these are all within the scope of calculation Inside, he silently calculated in his mind how many chips the opposition still had to resist the Soviet.

Yanayev stared at the dark cloud-covered sky outside the window, the cold turned the outside world into a scene covered in silver, but the serene snow scene did not bring him any peace of mind, but his inner troubles became more and more intense , Finally he said a word for no reason.

"Looks like winter is coming."

Chapter 75 The Eve of Turmoil

If it is said that the leaders of several Soviet Union countries can be forced to pick up the phone to communicate with each other, the only one is Yanayev who is far away in Moscow.Kravchiko and Shushkevich, who came back from the Kremlin full of resentment, immediately called Georgian President Zvyad to inform him of the situation and asked Zvyad to do a good job. Prepare.

Zviad, who was still asleep, was awakened by what Kravchiko recounted. He sat up from the bed, held the phone and said excitedly, "Is what you said true? Ukraine’s seat in the United Nations, doesn’t this make it clear that he is going to attack the member countries?”

If Zvyad was still distressed that he could not find a cooperative ally before, then Yanayev is now pushing the leaders of the two joining countries into his anti-Soviet camp.

"Yes, President Zvyad." Shushkevich said, he could clearly hear Zviad's cheerful tone on the phone, and he also understood what the Georgian leader was thinking.After all, the Almaty incident led to the first crack in the disintegration of the Soviet Union, and Tbilisi completely let the ethnic relations of the Soviet Union slip into a bottomless abyss.

"I think we should talk about how to oppose the rule of the Soviet Union. I can't wait to expel all these vampires from the territory of Georgia, just like they exiled us Georgians to cold Siberia." Zviad said nothing. Undisguisedly expressing his hatred of the Soviet Union and his deformed hatred of Stalin's nationalist policies in history, Georgia's separatist forces vented all their anger on the Abkhaz and Ossetians in the territory.

"It is still making a fuss about ethnic issues. After several major turmoil in 1989, the Soviet Union was obviously wary of joining the country. As long as our attitude is tougher, Moscow will have nothing to do with us." Shushkevi Qi seems to have forgotten that he is still the Supreme Chairman of the Soviet Union of Belarus, and publicly speaking out his dislike for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is tantamount to betraying the party. Kevic's remarks did not feel so shocking.

"Haha, Shushkevich, you don't need to say that this is what we are best at." Zvyad could have started out by street politics, inciting the people to besiege the government office building, and publicly accusing Yanayev of oppressing The behavior of the authorities also advertised itself as the savior of Georgia.

But if the public were to know what kind of expression Zviard would have received from the United States before.

"I'm going to arrange for people to carry out demonstrations in front of the building of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Georgia. Just like the mobile propaganda group established by Kostava and Tsereteli three years ago, continue to fan the flames of the Soviet regime. As long as the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Once we act, we can justifiably riot."

"Riot?" Hearing this sentence, Shushkevich was calm on the surface but his heart was already turbulent. He pressed his voice and asked, "President Zviad, what do you mean? Openly confront the Soviets with force?"

Shushkevich has always insisted on non-violent confrontation with the Soviets. Anyway, the entire regime is already in decline, and it is only a matter of time to break free from the red chains. However, Zviad's approach has a feeling of superfluous.Once the conflict becomes too intense, they cannot control the situation.

"Yes, riots." Zviard said with satisfaction, "the reality has matured, so what if the Soviet Union has a strong military strength? The Georgians have a steady stream of funding and arms support from the United States, and we can have limited conflicts with them , You can also play guerrilla warfare with them, I don’t believe how strong an army that can’t even conquer a group of mountain tribes in Afghanistan can have a strong combat effectiveness.”

Zviad's confidence is that the NATO military integration group has continuously transported Kalashnikov rifles and rockets into the country through the Turkish border, and even armed helicopters.The defeat of the Soviet army in Afghanistan also made him think that as long as the Soviet Union was dragged into the quagmire of a long-term war, the Soviet Union, which was forced by severe economic decline, would sit at the negotiating table and cede Georgia from its territory in a true sense.

For this reason, Zvyad has been flirting with the people of the Chechen Republic, and persuaded Bush to also support the Chechen Republic with funds and arms. What about a Chechnya, a Baltic state, a Ukraine, and an Uzbek Soviet Republic?Can the embattled Yanayev maintain his original tough attitude?

"The use of force cannot solve the problem, President Zviad, I still hope you can." Shushkevich, the Supreme Chairman of the Belarusian Soviet, expressed his concern. The relationship between them has a long and profound relationship, and they have a greater sense of national identity.

"Excuse me, Shushkevich, I have made up my mind. In fact, this is what I have been thinking about for so many days. Only when Moscow is at its weakest, with a new powerful alliance to deter the Soviets with force, will they I will give in. If you choose to stand by and watch, please feel free, it is late at night, and please rest early, goodbye."

A beeping busy tone came from the other end of the phone, and Shushkevich hung up the phone with a sigh. He suddenly had a bad thought in his heart, as if all of this was being performed according to Yanayev's script. go down.

Blindness and willfulness always have a price to pay. Just like the war in 2008, Georgia paid a heavy price in South Ossetia and recognized the fact that the background of a big country will not fall to a third-rate small country because of disintegration. The level of bullying.But it is still 1991, and Georgia, backed by NATO, has the courage to defiantly.

Zviad summoned Kostava overnight, and the two discussed how to demonstrate in front of the Soviet government building. Although it was only a symbolic building in the name of the Soviet Union, Zviad didn't mind at all for this deprived soul only The building with the remaining body added a raging fire.

What they are discussing is no longer a drama of street politicians, but plotting a well-designed riot. First, students, teachers, and workers are encouraged to take to the streets to demonstrate, smash everything that symbolizes the Soviet, and then attack the Soviet government organs, beat staff member.When the police cleared the field, the well-trained army put on civilian clothes and fought back with guns.After defeating the first wave of suppressing military police, they quickly rushed to the military base to seize weapons, and armed turmoil!After that, he launched a rebellion with the leaders of the Chechen countries that he had already contacted, leaving the Soviet army overwhelmed.

All of this was carried out in a smooth and orderly manner in Zviard's heart, which had been rehearsed countless times, so that he had the illusion that it was not too smooth.

For him, the moment that will determine the fate of the Georgians will be in the great turmoil a few days later!

Chapter 76 The Great Turmoil Begins

The beginning of a turmoil must be triggered by a social incident. The Georgian separatist forces that controlled the TV station and newspapers launched a propaganda campaign, criticizing Moscow for canceling the Ukrainian and Belarusian seats in the United Nations. Although this incident has nothing to do with Georgia However, it is still used to criticize the Soviet Union's ethnic policy and mention Yanayev's revision of the constitution together.

A report in a Georgian newspaper even quoted Lenin's statement "On the National Question or "Automation"" published in December 1922, and took some fragments out of context to support his point of view.

"Historical practice tells us that it is almost always the people of our big nation who are at fault—we have inflicted countless violence on small nations, and sometimes even unknowingly inflicted countless violence and humiliation."