Gorbachev's return did not regain power. Yeltsin, who gained power by luck in the coup, seemed like a powerful villain. Before resigning as General Secretary, Gorsky had appointed new heads of two powerful departments in the name of the President of the Soviet Union, because the big bosses in the emergency committee had been arrested or committed suicide, leaving many positions vacant. Sherbashin was appointed chairman of the KGB, and Moiseev was appointed defense minister. However, Yeltsin refused to accept such an appointment at all. He simply could not remember that the current President of the Soviet Union was still Gorbachev. He came directly to Gorbachev's office like the Supreme Emperor and said, "If the appointment is not changed, I will not leave the President's Office." ".
This kind of command-style instruction fully reflects Gorbachev's loss of power. Even though his appointment was announced to the whole country on television, it was still withdrawn. Gorbachev was like a clown. Yeltsin even gave Gorbachev an order that he had not communicated directly to him and asked him to read it, and forced the Russian Communist Party to stop all activities, and then plundered various assets of the Russian Communist Party. The Russian Communist Party was the most important component of the Soviet Communist Party. After the Russian Communist Party fell, the Soviet Communist Party was also on the verge of extinction.
This was satirized in Western cartoons during this period. The tall and strong Yeltsin pulled the child-like Gorbachev's hand, which vividly illustrated the power of the Soviet Union, or that Russia's power had changed. .
When Yeltsin thought he had mastered the situation and began to eliminate the Soviet Communist Party as a conqueror, Qi Yiming, who was fishing in Xiangshan with his son on his back, had a calm expression and instructed Yu Shenji, a senior agent of the Strategic Bureau behind him: "It's time to start. Let¡¯s get our people moving.¡±
"Yes, Director."
The traitorous Yeltsin recognized the independence of the three Baltic countries on February 2, and then other republics also became independent one after another. Ukraine declared its independence on the same day, Belarus also declared its independence on the next day, Moldova on the 2nd, and Azerbaijan on the 3rd. The five Central Asian countries have long been secretly controlled by Qi Yiming, and each has issued a declaration of independence and sovereignty, which is much faster than the process in the other dimension.
The independence of these union republics is actually nothing. What really surprised and panicked the whole world was another thing - the joint statement of Siberia and the Far East, not accepting Yeltsin's attempt to evade the central power of the Soviet Union, and abolishing the Russian Communist Party and the Soviet Union nationwide. policy of communist activities, and declared that Yeltsin and his party members were traitors who betrayed the party, the country and the people, and were lackeys of the Western capitalist world. If Yeltsin insists on continuing his dangerous actions, then Siberia and the Far East will never be part of capitalist Russia.
No one expected that things would undergo such a major change at this juncture. Even Americans who were content with the continued collapse of the Soviet Union were shocked. The two people who issued this statement were Novozlov, commander of the Far East Military District, and Yankov, commander of the Siberian Military District. They are two military leaders with heavy troops, and they both have nuclear weapons in their jurisdictions.
Not only that, there is actually a Transbaikal Military Region sandwiched between the Siberian Military Region and the Far Eastern Military Region, and its strength is not inferior to these two neighboring military regions. After the two military regions issued statements, the commander of the Transbaikal Military Region, Semenov, disappeared unexpectedly, and The armed forces of the Transbaikal Military District defected to Novoznov and Yankov respectively, which further expanded the strength of the two restless military leaders.
Novozlov got the vast Republic of Yakutia, while Yankov got the industrially developed Chita Oblast and the Republic of Buryatia, and the territory of the Transbaikal Military District was completely divided. To everyone's surprise, Yankov announced the establishment of the Siberian Soviet Socialist Republic and appointed himself the president of the country; Novozlov also announced the establishment of the Far Eastern Soviet Socialist Republic and proclaimed himself the president of the country. Invariably, both of them declared that Siberia and the Far East have nothing to do with the Russian Federation. They are sovereign and independent republics and socialist countries led by the CP. Even if there is someone capable of leading these two republics, it should be the Soviet Union, and Not the Russian Federation.
This incident dumbfounded Moscow. Just when Yeltsin was about to happily take over the legacy of the Soviet Union and establish his own Russia, he did not expect that Russia, with a total area of ??more than 10 million square kilometers, would be surrendered by the CP in this way. Split. Even the establishment of the Siberian and Far Eastern Republics inspired some red elements who were unwilling to accept changes in the social system. The KGB had received some reports saying that some officials and people were planning to flee the Russian Federation and go to Siberia or the Far East.
In a public speech, Yeltsin strongly condemned the separatist behavior of Yankov and Novozlov, and firmly stated that if the two persist in their persistence, it is not ruled out that Russia will take coercive measures to deal with the separatists. But these words sound very mysterious to Americans. The five Central Asian countries, the Caspian Sea countries, the three Baltic countries, plus Ukraine, Belarus and other countries have successively declared independence. Their independence is not just in name. The Soviet Union is huge. The military wealth has been divided up by them, which means that Russia's military power is now the weakest in history.
Although Yeltsin was in politicsHe received the support of the army, but his control over the army was still limited. At this time, before the regime was stable, he hastily launched a civil war. It would be easy to win, but if he lost, would the Soviet Union still disintegrate? Moreover, the Far East Military District controls the Soviet Pacific Fleet, and the two republics control hundreds of thousands of ground troops and a large amount of air force in the three major military districts, but the power Yeltsin can use is very limited.
After Siberia became independent, there was also turmoil in the adjacent Volga-Ural region. During the August 19th coup, the commander of the military region, Makashev, openly surrendered to Yanayev's party and expressed support. Now that their neighbors are all "reactionary," how can this obviously more "reactionary" person still endure it?
Makashev is not the one controlled by Qi Yiming. Qi Yiming is already a little stretched in controlling Siberia and the Far East. As for the Ural region, he also wants to get it, but if he can divide his power again, If we do the work in the Urals, something might go wrong in Siberia and the Far East. Qi Yiming was more happy to see Makashev do his own mischief. He also knew a little about this man. In another aspect, he was a politician from the CP of the Russian Federation. During the constitutional crisis in 1993, he even organized an armed force to resist Yeltsin. . I am somewhat of a militia man and have strong anti-Semitism and racism. To put it bluntly, he is a scum CP person.
It would be fine if Yeltsin had taken the general trend and subdued the military chiefs in various places, but now it is clear that the warlords in the two border areas are going to confront Yeltsin, and from various signs, the people in these areas still support the retention of the Soviets, and do not want to see the so-called Russian Federation. . This situation is of course the result of Qi Yiming's deliberate propaganda and the influence of the spiritual beacon tower. In short, especially the Russians in the Far East, have begun to have a relatively large difference in psychological identity from the Russians in Europe.
If Yeltsin wants to suppress the rebellion at this time, he will find it very troublesome. Markashev is obviously not an easy person to deal with. If Yeltsin sends Markashev to attack Siberia, will Markashev agree? Moreover, the success of Yankov and Novozlov may give Markashev the illusion that as long as he has soldiers in his hands, he can have the final say. Will Markashev choose to be equally independent? has become a focus of outside observation.
From a Western perspective, on the one hand, they hope that the Soviet Union will end as soon as possible, but on the other hand, they are happy to see more than 10 million square kilometers of land split from Russia, so that Russia will only become a regional power and lose its world influence. . But obviously, if Russia starts a real war with Siberia and the Far East, what should we do if we start dropping atomic bombs on each other? After Bush learned about the independence of Siberia and the Far East, he was so troubled that he immediately jumped out and gave a speech in person.
"We understand the difficulties that the Soviet Union encountered during its transition period, and that all parties have different persistence and understandings. However, in any case, differences should not be resolved by force. The United States calls on all parties concerned to exercise restraint and conduct appropriate The United States is also willing to play an active and beneficial role in this process.¡±
This statement sounds a bit like the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, but the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China is more cautious: "Our country expresses serious concern about the situation in the Soviet Union and urges all parties to exercise restraint and calm down"
Qi Yiming is squatting behind and controlling the overall situation, so China does not need to act too eagerly at this time, let alone choose sides directly. Qi Yiming also knew that Yeltsin was in a lot of troubles now. The power of the Soviet Communist Party had not been completely eliminated by him, and the emergence of two independent Soviet republics would allow some suppressed Soviet Communist elements to find a way out and a barrier. Some people would definitely lead to It was for foreign aid and against Yeltsin's party in Moscow.
However, Qi Yiming also slightly underestimated Yeltsin. He believed that Yeltsin was unlikely to take tough measures to deal with Yankov and Novozlov, and that his regime might even be unsafe. However, Yeltsin adopted other methods. Yeltsin began to expose the corruption of some CP officials on a large scale, exposing large-scale small treasury and power-seeking phenomena.
Under his instruction, some writers also began to attack the CPSU on a large scale, describing the CPSU as anti-national, anti-religious, and anti-human rights villains, parasites, and without any positive significance. This kind of statement is obviously very popular in Russia. Many people have increased their dislike of the Soviet Communist Party, and there have even been attacks and killings of CP people. Everyone who has not announced their resignation from the party is in danger.
The public¡¯s hostility and anger towards the Soviet Communist Party was quickly transferred to the people of Siberia and the Far East, thinking that they were shameful scum trying to split Russia and continue to retain dirty doctrine in this country.
In this way, Yeltsin stabilized his regime at a faster speed, and decentralization actions with various union republics also began rapidly. Yeltsin would rather pay more economic or other conditions in order to obtain military power from the union republics. The direction of this is self-evident.