Struggle in Soviet Russia

"What's the matter?" Perhaps seeing Victor's expression on his face, Varenka whispered, "Did Comrade Grushakov bring any bad news?"

Victor glanced at him, shook his head and smiled, then picked up the file again and turned to the last attachment section to browse for supplementary information about the second record.

As the chairman of the National Security Committee, Victor has never heard of the cases listed in these records, so there is no doubt that the news about these cases must be suppressed by some people, and the reason for the suppression. It may be multifaceted. For example, in order to maintain the perfection of the so-called "Leningrad spirit", for example, some people do not want these negative news to affect the image of Leningrad and so on.

So, who are the "certain people" here? Victor hopes to find the answer in the attachment.

In fact, even if he did not browse the attachments, Victor could guess who the "certain people" represented. He believed that, if nothing else, Comrade Zhdanov should be hidden behind these things.

During the siege of Leningrad, Comrade Zhdanov was not only a military commissar of the Leningrad Front Army, but also the first secretary of the Leningrad Oblast and Leningrad Municipal Party Committee. At the same time, he also served as The position of the person in charge of the Propaganda Department. If anyone cares about the image of the city of Leningrad, then this person is definitely Comrade Zhdanov, because the image of Leningrad is directly related to his official fate.

In addition, in Leningrad as a whole, only the influence of Comrade Zhdanov can influence Leningrad’s city committee and dictate the work of the NKVD. No one else undoubtedly has this ability.

However, to Victor’s surprise, in the appendix at the end of the document, Grushakov did elaborate on the process by which the whole matter was concealed, but this did not involve Comrade Zhdanov, but instead involved Arrived Kuznetsov.

According to the content described in the attachment, the Mikhail Igonasevic case was directly obstructed by the Leningrad Oblast during the investigation process. At that time, the Leningrad Oblast Supervisory Committee was involved in the investigation of the case. Alexander Milanchuk, who is in charge of the main work of the department, believes that Leningrad, surrounded by the Germans, is in a special period. The situation is stable and unfavorable.

At that time, it was Colonel Fedor Samedov who was in charge of the work of the People’s Committee of the Interior of Leningrad. Grushakov heard the dialogue between Samedov and Milanchuk, according to what Milanchuk said at the time. It is the "Leningrad Party Committee" and "Comrade Alexei Alexandrovich". They don't want the NKVD to continue entangled in this case. They hope that everything is adequate and not to give the entire city a counter-attack. The fascist war situation brings more variables.

There is no doubt that the "Comrade Alexei Alexandrovich" mentioned here refers to Kuznetsov, because after October 1941, as Comrade Zhdanov's illness worsened, Lenin Kuznetsov is basically responsible for the party and government work of Geller.

In addition, related to the first record in the document is that the Leningrad Housing and Public Service Committee is also led by Kuznetsov. He is the chairman of this committee. Therefore, it can be said that the Korzakov case , He also has to bear certain responsibilities.

As Victor considered before, this document is really a hot potato, and it won't be too pleasant for anyone to hold it, because there are too many people involved.

However, if you look at it from another angle, this thing is a very sharp dagger. Once taken out at a critical moment, it will inevitably deal a heavy blow to some people in Leningrad.

Take Kuznetsov, for example. Now, not only Comrade Zhidanov values ​​him, but also Comrade Stalin. But if this document falls into the hands of Comrade Stalin, then he dare not do anything else. Said, at least he could not hide from Comrade Stalin's curse.

Victor knows very well that the lethality of this document is indeed great, but this lethality is for certain people, but if you want to use this document to bring down people like Kuznetsov at once , The possibility is really not very big.

But Victor is also very clear that political struggles are never something that can be done overnight. To hang around in this mud nest, the first thing you need to do is to have enough patience.

Just like to deal with people like Kuznetsov, the first thing to do is to weaken Comrade Stalin’s trust in him. One thing that needs to be kept in mind at all times is that in the core of power in Moscow, you can ultimately call the shots. It is Comrade Stalin who determines the future and destiny of all people. Therefore, if Comrade Stalin's trust in Kuznetsov and the Leningradists is not diminished, then it would be foolish to deal with these people.

Fortunately, Comrade Stalin’s trust in anyone will not be immutable. More precisely, the trust of any person in others cannot be immutable. As long as there is enough patience to slander for a long time, then Strong trust will be destroyed.

For the current Victor, he just can’t make up his mind whether he should go into this quagmire and turn himself into a tool of political struggle, indulging in the farce of "cleaning out" and "debunking the enemy" all day long. Among.

After scanning the entire document from beginning to end, Victor suddenly felt that this guy Grushakov must be a guy with a very sensitive political sense. The reason why he provided himself with such a document is absolutely It's not aimless. This guy should be directed at Kuznetsov, and the reason why he gave this document to himself, he must have gotten some gossip, knowing that Kuznetsov will be the secretary of the Central Secretariat, and comprehensively Presided over the supervision of the NKVD and the NKVD.

So, in this world, never think of others too simplistically, because you never know what kind of true face is hidden behind that naive face.

Going through the document from beginning to end, Victor took a breath, closed the document, put it back in the document bag, and re-wound the sealing rope of the bag, and then he reached out and touched the coat pocket. , Took out a pack of cigarettes from it.

Draw two cigarettes from the cigarette case, shake his hand and throw it to the opposite Valenka, and then take the remaining one into his mouth, pull out a wooden stick from the tin bucket, and fire the cigarette with the flame on it. Light it up, take a deep breath, and slowly spit out the pungent smoke that filled the lungs. Feeling more warmth in his body, Victor said: "In addition to giving you this document, Comrade Grushakov also Did you say anything?"

Valenka had just put the cigarette on. After hearing this question, he hesitated for a while, shook his head and said, "No, he seems to be in a hurry. In the ruins of the farm on the shore of Lake Ilmen, he went late. After that, after handing this document bag to me, I just told me to bring it to you, and then left directly."

After a pause, he added: "I feel this guy seems a little nervous, as if someone is following him."

Victor nodded. He didn't take Varenka's judgment very seriously. In fact, most of the people who worked in the NKVD for a long time behaved a bit strangely in character, especially old people like Grushakov. Investigators, they are not only highly vigilant, but also very suspicious. This is more or less an occupational disease.

For Victor, he does not intend to disclose the content of this document to Comrade Stalin. In his opinion, even if it is to deal with Kuznetsov, it is not a good time now. He needs to wait and wait for the best time. The best moment.

However, although the existence of this document will not be disclosed to Comrade Stalin, it is necessary to communicate with Malenkov, especially Beria. He not only needs to listen to the opinions of these two people, but also to make sure that they share the same hatred. Emotions.

To be honest, although Victor has formed an alliance with Malinkov and Beria from a long time ago and joined their camp, in fact, because of his personal opinions, he can only be regarded as free from Malinco. The outskirts of the Husband and Beria’s camp did not really fit into it.

But this time, facing the threat that Leningrad faction, especially Kuznetsov might bring to him, Victor decided to completely change his position and chose to formally join Malinkov's camp.

In fact, Victor should have made this decision a long time ago, because he has no other choice except for the camp of Malinkov and Beria.

He was born in the People's Committee of the Interior, and in just two or three years, he has climbed from a small police officer at the grass-roots level to his current position. The rapid rise in positions and ranks is often not a good thing for a person, because it means that the foundation is unstable, lack of capital and qualifications, and Victor is facing such a situation.

It is also for these reasons that he has no room to choose from within Moscow’s core power circle. Comrade Zhdanov’s circle is very closed; Comrade Khrushchev’s circle does not pay enough attention to him; he and Comrade Molotov’s The circle lacks contact, basically can’t connect...

So, besides Comrade Stalin himself and the small group of Malinkov and Beria, what other options could Victor have?