Soviet Godfather

Vol 5 Chapter 195: Recruitment

Although the withdrawal of Afghan troops has not been officially launched, some troops have already withdrawn back to Russia ahead of schedule. But when they returned to their motherland after many years of fighting, they could feel the warmth of the motherland except when they left the train station. In the following time, they were still in the barracks like forgotten rubbish. People are interested.

During this period of time in the newspapers, the issue of the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan was also discussed, but the focus of the newspaper was to review the losses caused to the Soviet Union by this war that was not worth the loss. Although Gorbachev was also a member of the Politburo at that time, he understood that the war in Afghanistan was a collective vote of the Politburo. At that time, Brezhnev, who had been emptied due to the disease, also voted against it. However, Gorbachev and Yakovlev put all the responsibility on Brezhnev's head, and Gorbachev also cancelled Brezhnev’s Hero of the Soviet Union medal for this. It's really stingy.

The Afghan troop withdrawal was stuffed into a temporary dilapidated barracks, and as time passed bit by bit, the excitement of returning to the motherland gradually faded. But more is confusion and helplessness for the future. Many people are beginning to feel worried about their work and life. During this period of time, only the newly established Gorky Volkswagen joint venture car plant has recruited workers here, but they only need those who have certain mechanical and electronic expertise, and many of the fighters who originally served as maintenance and support jobs in the rear have been recruited by Gorky Volkswagen. I'm leaving, and those young people who don't know how to do anything but war still stay in the barracks every day, drinking, playing cards, and sighing.

A week and a month have passed. As the troop withdrawal work continues, more and more people live in the camp, and the living conditions here are getting worse and worse. In addition, the Soviet government is in financial difficulties. These people were properly resettled, so there were frequent fights in the camp, which seemed to have become a powder keg that caused social unrest.

There are some temporary signs that soldiers who went to Afghanistan to participate in the war were dismissed from the military after returning home. They could live in the settlement for two months, and after two months they had to leave here to make a living. However, most people have nowhere to go, so many people do not leave, which also caused a lot of difficulties for the subsequent resettlement work. However, when some enterprises under the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League came here to recruit workers, the situation finally improved.

The Central Committee of the Communist Youth League gave these people three ways, either to work as oil workers in Tyumen’s Samoterol oil field, work for foreign capitalists, or go to Siberia to open up wasteland. Or just go to build a natural gas pipeline near the Caspian Sea. At the same time, the Communist Youth League is responsible for the places where these people live and their wages. Most of the soldiers here are young people under the age of 30, and many of them are members of the Communist Youth League. They are extremely grateful for the helping hand extended by the organization. The torture of these days has allowed them to recognize the reality, and it would be nice to have a subsistence job.

So a large number of soldiers began to pack, take off their military uniforms, and after signing work contracts with these companies brought by the Communist Youth League, they happily went to Tyumen, Siberia, Ukraine, and the coast of the Caspian Sea. When they got off the train and were dragged to their place of work, many people were irritated by the conditions. The so-called housing is a dilapidated and rusty container with a door open on it. Everyone is here. One thing is to pick up the paint bucket and apply anti-rust paint to your container. Everyone found the person in charge to protest, but the person in charge here said lightly: "Those who don't want to do it can leave now, and we will pay the travel expenses!"

Some people left at that time, but most of them endured it. Although the conditions here are tough, there is still some income. It's better than just messing around in a settlement.

Sergey Shah originally wanted to produce boards and build houses to house these soldiers, but that thing did not have ready-made production equipment. It was necessary to build a special factory and also carry out some design and optimization work. Because this is a government-supported project, the profit is stable. . So Sergey Sha gave this good job to Hassan, who was in charge of the preparatory work of the board building factory. Therefore, those old and abandoned containers were used as temporary shelters.

Sergei has no time to care about the life and death of those soldiers. He is busy receiving gifts from Gorbachev-Housing and Public Utilities and Social Development Bank. When he got the bank's account, he unexpectedly discovered that there were still 500 billion US dollars in the account. Sergey was naturally overjoyed. The money will fall into his pocket sooner or later. He thought this bank was a mess ~www.readwn.com~ unexpectedly there was still money. However, after thinking about it, Sergei realized that the money was originally left by Ligachev to prepare for economic reforms. Unfortunately, economic reforms have been implemented in the local area with many obstacles. The Soviet Union's economy has not shown any improvement, and so is the money. Stayed.

The Georgia turmoil caused Ligachev to completely lose the trust of Gorbachev, and Yakovlev became the second figure behind Gorbachev. At Gorbachev's suggestion, many tasks in the Secretariat began to be transferred to Yakovlev. Ligachev didn't know about this, until he found that his office was getting fewer and fewer, and he didn't understand what was going on.

Ligachev and Yakovlev had long been contradictory, and their political views were very different. One was a loyal supporter of Stalin, and the other was eager to send Stalin to the court of history. And now Yakovlev has the support of Gorbachev, which makes the steady reformers represented by Ligachev extremely angry. It is a pity that Ligachev, who is devoted to the public, has made too many enemies. He has almost no friends in the Politburo. There are many enemies like Shevardnadze.

The first batch of new workers recruited by Sergei Sha was mainly placed in the Samotrol oil field in Tyumen Oblast. After exploration by Occidental Petroleum's geologists, this oil field still has a chance of salvation, but the first thing to do is to drain the oil field. Reduce the pressure inside the oilfield due to groundwater. This work will last at least one year. Because of the arrival of a large amount of labor, the Samoterol oil field has returned to its former vitality. So these soldiers living in tin containers became the first workers of Glencore Group's Samoterol branch in the Soviet Union. Unlike most joint ventures in the Soviet Union, the Samoterol Company is the first in the Soviet Union. A wholly foreign-owned company.

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