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Chapter 1087 The Soviet Union must be reformed

On July 11, 1944, a conference related to the future and destiny of the Soviet Union and international GCist movements continued in Chelyabinsk.

Yesterday, Stalin suddenly arrived in Chelyabinsk. He first announced the Japanese invasion that everyone (other members of the Political Bureau) did not know about it. Then, while everyone was still shocked, he announced the "establishment of a Russian anti-Japanese national united front", raising the banner of defending the interests of Russia's national interests. He also embellished the incident of cemetery with the land of Belarus into unity and fighting against Japan together.

A few simple measures immediately shocked all other members of the Political Bureau. In addition, the Chekka organization (the People's Committee of the Internal Affairs Department has now been changed to Chekka, which is directly controlled by Beria) under the power of Chelyabinsk, making everyone obey Stalin, and at the same time "forgot" that the great Soviet Union was under whose wise leadership, which was now. It also seemed that it "ignored" that the so-called anti-Japanese national united front was achieved only when the Soviet Union ceded large swaths of land to Belarus.

The central committee of the Soviet Bolshevik Party soon once again condensed around Comrade Stalin. However, the crisis faced by the Soviet Union and the Bolshevik Party was far from over.

There are two main aspects of the crisis of the Bolshevik Party. One is the war with Japan! The war started in full swing in the early morning of July 10. In the first 24 hours, the powerful Japanese Kwantung Army made great progress in three main assault directions (eaching Vladivostok, Chita and Mongolia respectively). If the Soviet Far East falls, the legitimacy of the Bolshevik Party will once again face tests.

The second aspect is that if the reform is carried out, it is Russia's practice to reform if it is defeated. Now the Bolshevik Party has recorded its defeat, losing all the territory in the western part of the Ural Mountains! Without drastic reforms, even if the Soviet Red Army can win the battle in the Far East, the Bolshevik Party's rule east of the Ural Mountains will still be difficult to maintain.

Moreover, the Soviet Union has now lost its main grain-producing areas and industrial centers. Not only is it unable to continue to maintain pre-war social welfare and people's living standards, but it also faces great difficulties in basic food and clothing.

Without solving economic difficulties, the rule of the Bolshevik Party would not be maintained.

Therefore, reforms in the Soviet Union were mainly due to the urgency of economic reform, even no less than resistance to Japanese invaders.

"Comrades, now we must admit the fact that the cause of gcism has encountered unprecedented difficulties and setbacks! Our cause is on the verge of failure. If we cannot unite and resist foreign enemies with the greatest determination, and at the same time carry out thorough reforms that can survive and develop in the most difficult environment, then we will become the sinners of gcism!"

In the conference room, Comrade Stalin slowly spoke his thoughts, his expression was nothing unusual, he looked confident. When the whole party was panicked, Stalin, as the leader, must let everyone know that he had a solution.

"Comrade General Secretary, our difficulties are indeed unprecedented now, and we must reform. But... how should we change them?" Molotov asked with confusion. The other members of the Political Bureau and alternate members who attended the meeting were also confused, as if there was no way out except Stalin, the leaders of the Bolshevik Party.

Stalin took a sip of his pipe and said with a smile: "We also encountered such difficulties in the 1920s. Didn't we overcome them through reforms?"

"Comrade General Secretary," Khrushchev looked like he suddenly realized, "Are you saying that you want to resume the implementation of the new economic policy?"

Stalin smiled and nodded, in fact, the new economic policy has begun to recover! Long before Stalin left Moscow, the reform of equally divided land in the "Soviet area" west of the Ural Mountains of the Soviet Union had already begun. The news of the implementation of new economic policies across the Soviet Union had been blew for a long time.

However, it seems that the Soviet masters attending the meeting were the first time they heard about this.

Stalin nodded and said, "The new economic policy will be the reference for our reform this time, but the difficulties we are facing now are greater than those in the early 1920s, and the pace of reform will inevitably be greater.

For example, in terms of agricultural policy, it is not enough to just distribute the land to farmers. Because we have now lost the most fertile and easiest land to cultivate. Although we still own a lot of land, more than 10 million square kilometers, most of the land is either in cold and cold areas in high dimensions, or in deserts and grasslands in Central Asia. It is not suitable for building small family farms there, but the most suitable for large farms with a scale advantage. We must allow private individuals not only to Soviet citizens, but also merchants from Europe or America to lease or acquire land in the Soviet Union to build large farms.”

"Comrade General Secretary," Andreyev, a member of the Political Bureau in charge of agriculture, interjected, "Do you mean that you don't need to allocate land east of the Ural Mountains?"

"No, of course not." Stalin shook his head, "The allocation of land is necessary, which is a necessary condition for us to obtain the continuous support of the people. For this reason, we must not only allocate land for citizens with rural Soviet household registrations who have long lived in Siberia, Central Asia and the Far East. We should also allocate land for all citizens who have moved from the west, but also for all citizens with urban household registrations.

In addition, the focus of land allocation should be on Central Asia. It will also be a key area for resettlement of citizens of the Soviet Union who have moved east, and citizens who follow us should be placed on rich and fertile land."

Hearing this, the members of the Political Bureau and the alternate members of the Political Bureau present all showed thoughtful expressions.

Reform and restoration of new economic policies were expected by everyone, but the questions Stalin raised now were not only economic reforms, but also involved the Party’s Central Asian policy...

But if you think about it carefully, this is inevitable. Because after losing the region east of the Ural Mountains, the most valuable territory of the Soviet Union was not Siberia and the Far East, but Central Asia!

Because Siberia is yang, the Far East is cold and far away, and it is impossible to accommodate the large population migrating from the western Soviet Union.

So Central Asia is their only place to go! Once a large number of Russians arrive in Central Asia, the population structure of Central Asia will inevitably change, and there will inevitably be certain conflicts between the Russians who have moved to Central Asia and the local non-Russians.

After all, in Central Asia, the land that is truly suitable for reclamation and residence is limited. If all are all allocated to Russians, what should the local non-Russians do?

Stalin continued: "Because the migrant Russians will change the population structure of the five franchise republics in Central Asia, these five franchise republics will be revoked at due time."

Is this the route of Greater Russian chauvinism?

The members of the Political Bureau and the alternate members were confused in their hearts, but no one raised any objections.

Because Central Asia is clearly the core territory of the Soviet Union in the future, of course, it must be firmly controlled in its hands. How can we join a franchise republic?

"We must allow citizens allocated to transfer their land," Stalin did not mention the issue of abolishing several franchise republics in Central Asia, but returned to the issue of land, "and they must also allow them to invest in land to establish joint-stock farms."

"General Secretary, is the land privately owned?" Andreyev asked again.

“It’s private.”

Stalin's answer surprised the members of the Political Bureau and alternate members present again.

This reform is very rapid! It is necessary to restore the private ownership of means of production. Because land is a means of production, distribution to farmers and direct private ownership are two completely different concepts!

"This is also necessary!" Stalin swept away the members of the Political Bureau and alternate members, "We must give the comrades who follow us, and this is the only thing we can give them at the moment.

In addition, this is also very necessary for us to absorb capital from Europe and America! If we want to develop the economies of Central Asia, Siberia and the Far East and change the current difficult situation, investment, technology and markets from outside are essential."

Obviously, during the period of time in Moscow, Stalin seriously considered the problem of the Soviet Union's way out after losing the rich land in the west.

The socialist line of a country now seems to be wrong, let alone semi-national socialism?

If the Soviet Union wanted to survive, there was no other way. It was to restore private ownership to a certain extent, and to find ways to attract investment from the United States and Europe to develop resources and land from Siberia and Central Asia.

Moreover, according to Stalin's idea, the reforms that the Soviet Union would implement were actually beneficial to the European community. The future Soviet Union would not, nor would it have the power to exclude capital and commodities from Europe.

Of course, implementing some privatization reforms does not mean completely abandoning large state-owned industries. However, most of the large state-owned industries that are moved east of the Ural Mountains are related to military industries, and are the lifeblood of the Bolshevik Party.

However, these "lifeline industries" produce military products, which cannot meet the needs of the Soviet people at all. If the Soviet government cannot produce a sufficient quantity of light industrial products, it will encounter problems encountered before the new economic policy in the early 1920s. Farmers are unwilling to sell agricultural products to the state, and without agricultural products, the state will be unable to maintain the operation of industries and cities.

Therefore, in the future, the Soviet Union had to import goods from Europe and export resource products to Europe.

This requires the absorption of investment from Europe... Otherwise, the Soviet Union would not be able to maintain its existence for a long time.

"But Comrade General Secretary," Voroshilov frowned, showing a puzzled expression, "Now Europe is basically controlled by Germany, and our trade channels to the west are controlled by Belarus. Will they allow us to absorb European capital and trade with Europe?"
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