Struggle in Soviet Russia

In fact, it is not quite accurate to say that Kanetchuk is Khrushchev’s secretary, because he is an authentic writer, um, a playwright, although his reputation is not very big now, but after the end of World War II, he still There will be some more famous works coming out.

Khrushchev had a good relationship with this person. Therefore, he was brought to work by his side. To be precise, this person was responsible for the propaganda work of the Ukrainian party organization. At the same time, he also did some paperwork.

With Khrushchev's permission, the working group's booth was quickly rolled out, and all tasks became smooth.

Kiev was completely destroyed during the war. Although it has been liberated for a few months now, the whole city is still in a half-ruined state, not to mention the residence, even the office space is stretched.

Although he was very disgusted with the existence of the working group, Khrushchev was still very cooperative in his work. Although he never showed up in the following days, he let Korotchin, the chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Ukraine. Comrade Ke, specially arranged the place of residence and office for the working group. In addition, his driver Zhulavlev will also come from time to time to ask the working group if there are any needs in life.

The working group’s office location was arranged in the "Kreschak Factory". This factory was located at the end of Kreschask Street. During the war, the factory was basically destroyed by the German bombing. There was only one factory. The warehouse is basically complete, and the office of the working group is set up in this warehouse.

Of course, all the conditions are very simple. There is no air conditioner in the warehouse, or even an exhaust system. In the first few days, even the water supply here cannot be guaranteed, let alone the problem of eating.

Fortunately, only two days after the establishment of the working group, Comrade Merkulov rushed to Kiev. Subsequently, the NKVD resolved all issues for the working group.

Although the arrival of Merkulov ended the work group with material demands, it also brought work troubles. This general, acting as the People’s Commissar of the People’s Committee of the Internal Affairs, worked with Safonov, The positions of the two of Goryakov are completely different.

On the issue of liquidation work, Safonov and Goryakov’s position is very clear, that is, to establish a legal issue first, to understand the current chaos, and then to ask for The handling of each case requires strict procedures: the NKVD searches for evidence, prosecutions by the procuratorial system, court judgments, and finally the NKVD enforces the judgment.

In other words, neither the People's Committee of the Interior nor the Military Committee, especially the local militiamen and ordinary citizens, have the right to directly take any measures against so-called traitors and traitors.

But Merkulov will never agree with the opinions of these two people. At the same time, he is not without rhetoric. After all, the power of the NKVD is granted by the Central Committee and the Central Executive Committee. For three years, The three orders, as long as these orders are not revoked, the power of the NKVD will exist.

This contradiction in fundamental principles directly caused the difficulty of the relevant work of the working group and the slow progress.

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Lviv, Mikiwicz Square.

The misty drizzle enveloped this city called "Little Europe". Fortunately, because the Soviet army advanced too fast in the Winter War, the hurriedly retreating German army failed to cause too much damage to the city. Therefore, up to now, the entire city is relatively intact, and there are hardly many traces of war.

At present, the Soviet and German fronts have stagnated on the Przemysl front line, with the San River as the boundary. The defensive side is unable to launch any counterattack, while the offensive side has already transferred the main force to the northern line. In the Lviv area, on the contrary, there was a short-term peace.

After more than three years, Victor returned to the city where he used to work. When he walked in the rain in this seemingly familiar but somewhat unfamiliar city, the only emotion in his heart is that this city has changed. Depressed a lot.

Back then, when the Soviet army captured the city, a large number of Poles fled to the German-controlled area. At that time, it felt like the entire city was suddenly empty. However, the "emptiness" at that time is nothing compared to the current situation. Nowadays, almost no pedestrians can be seen on the streets of this city, especially young and strong. A healthy adult man can't even see any of them.

Apart from anything else, in the past few years alone, tens of thousands of Jews in Lviv have been killed. Although Victor was not a sympathetic person, and he did not have a good opinion of Jews, here In the matter, he still feels a little sympathetic.

Walking by Victor's side, Varenka holding an umbrella looked around curiously. Back then, he stayed in this city with Victor for a period of time. At this time, he revisited his place, and he seemed to feel very fresh about everything.

On the church wall on the east side of the square, a huge propaganda poster is hung. The picture shows a Red Army machine gunner shooting at the enemy, and beside the machine gunner is a woman wearing Ukrainian national costume. Guide him the direction of shooting.

Interestingly, in the lower right corner of this poster, there is a line of Ukrainian written in black ink: "Long live the independence of Ukraine!"

Such a simple propaganda poster fundamentally reflects the status quo in Lviv. No, to be precise, it reflects the status quo of the entire Western Ukraine-the invading Germans have been driven away, and Western Ukraine has again Restored to the state before the war.

It is a pity that Western Ukraine before the war was not peaceful. Poles and Ukrainian nationalists who fought guerrillas in the jungle still exist today, and they also have advanced German equipment.

Yesterday, Victor came all the way from Kiev by train and was attacked twice along the way. Needless to say, the attackers must be those guerrillas still active in the jungle, even though the NKVD has launched an attack on the guerrillas in West Ukraine. Suppression, but this work cannot be completed in a short period of time.

As far as Victor knows, in order to deal with these arrogant anti-government guerrillas, Comrade Khrushchev has made suggestions to Moscow and is preparing to quickly rebuild the collective farm system in Western Ukraine. In this way, it was effective before the war. Compress the living space of those guerrillas little by little, and finally drive them to extinction.

In addition, on the way to Lviv, Victor also realized that Safonov and their propositions were really necessary.

When the train he was riding on, when Bilohirya passed the Warren River Bridge, he was sitting in the carriage and saw with his own eyes a corpse hanging from the steel beams of the bridge. Those corpses hung from the south bank of the bridge to the north bank. There were dozens of them. It is said that those corpses were members of the anti-government guerrillas and their families captured by the border guards.

Hatred has long been brewing and mature between the border guards and the guerrillas. Now it’s the harvest season for the devil. The other party was hanged alive without any trial or evidence collection process.

Hiding under the umbrella and passing through the drizzling square, Victor in plain clothes, accompanied by Varenka, walked into the east side of the square, next to the small building of the church.

The exterior wall of the small building is a bit mottled, and near the window, there are still one or two bullet marks remaining, and under the corner of the door, there is an inconspicuous swastika.

When he walked into the building door, Varenka obviously saw the swastika. He stopped, took a dagger from his waist, squatted down, and scratched the **** from the wall—German Too much sadness has been left to this city, don't leave this trace again.

Walk in from the entrance of the building, facing the direction of the building door, there is a wooden ladder leading upstairs, and on the left under the ladder, there is a door leading to the side, when Victor walks in the door , At the door of that door, stood a young woman in a light gray skirt.

Seeing Victor coming in from the outside, the originally lazy woman quickly stood up straight. She gave Victor a military salute and whispered, "Hello, Comrade Chief."

Victor nodded at the woman, said nothing, and walked straight up the wooden stairs.

Walking up the stairs to the second floor, a spacious hall appeared directly at the end of the stairs. At this time, there were more than a dozen desks in this hall, and there were seven or eight people busy in the hall.

Victor appeared at the top of the stairs, and the busy people stopped quickly and saluted him in unison. These people were members of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau of the People’s Committee of National Security. They were active in Lviv during the war. When the Soviet army liberated Lviv, they did not withdraw, but prepared to set up the Lviv Bureau of the People’s Committee of National Security on the spot.

This time, after receiving an order from Comrade Stalin to re-investigate the "Gstenmaier Incident" before the war, Victor gave instructions here, asking them to investigate intelligence information about this incident before the war.

To be honest, there are really many difficulties in investigating things before the war.

Apart from anything else, after more than three years of war, many of the people of the NKVD in Lviv that year are no longer alive. The border guards in Lviv were disbanded at the beginning of the war, especially It is the fortification troops, but also the dead, the missing and missing.

As for the data retained in the past, it is now difficult to find, most of which were destroyed when the Soviet army evacuated.