Mr. Liu has personally experienced many major events in Russia, and he is worthy of being a teacher in the university, and these events are told vividly, and Brother Chao and I sound like we are in the scene.

Brother Chao and I were listening intently when we suddenly heard a woman's voice at the door, "Lao Liu, you are here, I thought you were missing from the bathroom effort." We turned our faces and saw a middle-aged woman wearing glasses standing at the door, it turned out to be Mr. Liu's wife, Brother Chao hurriedly asked her to come in and sit, Mr. Liu's wife waved her hand, "Don't sit, I've been sitting all day, I'll just stand in the corridor for a while, you can continue to talk." When Mr. Liu saw his wife, he smiled apologetically and said: "Xiaoli, I'm really embarrassed, I didn't say hello to them here, I just listened to them talk about the history of the former Soviet Union in the corridor, so I came in and chatted with them for a while, this is Xiao Wang, this is Dapeng, these two young men are not simple, they are all sent by large domestic companies." After speaking, Mr. Liu introduced his wife to us, "This is my wife Su Xiaoli, who is also a teacher, you can call her Teacher Su, her current identity is to be my little secretary." Teacher Su glanced at Teacher Liu, "You make it clear, who made you a little secret, and my identity is also a visiting scholar." Teacher Liu smiled, "You are arranged by the school to be my assistant, not a little secretary, what?" Teacher Su snorted, "Okay, whatever you say." After speaking, he said to us: "Lao Liu likes to brag, but his students like to listen to his stories." Brother Chao said peacefully: "Mr. Liu's story is very wonderful, we are all fascinated by it, and we know a lot of Soviet history at once." Teacher Su asked her husband, "Lao Liu, have you told them the story of your trip to Chechnya?" Teacher Liu shook his head, "I wanted to speak, but as soon as you came over, you interrupted me." As soon as I heard that Mr. Liu had been to Chechnya, Brother Chao and I both opened our eyes wide and couldn't wait to say in unison: "Mr. Liu, tell me the story of your trip to Chechnya." Teacher Liu took a sip of tea, cleared his throat and said, "Okay, let me ask you first if you know the history of Chechnya?" I looked at Brother Chao, who shook his head and said, "I only know a little bit about the Chechen war, but I don't know very well." Teacher Liu said, "Okay, before I talk about my adventures in Chechnya, I'll tell you about Chechnya." The following is what Mr. Liu said.

The Chechen Republic is one of the autonomous republics of the Russian Federation, located on the northern side of the Caucasus Mountains, with an area of about 15,000 square kilometers and a population of about one million, the vast majority of whom are ****** ethnic ******. Although Chechnya is only a small place between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, its geographical location is very important, and it is the choke point in and out of the Caucasus. It is rich in oil resources underground, and the pipeline from Central Asia to Europe must also pass through here, and if blocked, Russia's economic losses will be quite serious. Therefore, for a long time, Russia has made it an important national policy to firmly control Chechnya. In the 19th century, after more than 50 years of Caucasus warfare, Tsarist Russia conquered Chechnya and incorporated it into the territory of Tsarist Russia. After the October Revolution, the Soviet regime established the Chechen Autonomous Oblast. Later, Chechnya merged with its western neighbor, Ingushetia Autonomous Oblast, and joined the Soviet Union; It was changed to the Chechen-Ingushetia Autonomous Republic. During World War II, Stalin forcibly drove the Chechens out of their homes and moved to Siberia on the grounds that the Chechens were cooperating with the German invaders, causing great psychological trauma to the Chechens. It was not until Khrushchev came to power that the establishment of the Chechen-Ingushetia Autonomous Republic was restored. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, separatist forces in Chechnya began to seek independence at a time when the political turmoil and the central government's inability to take care of remote areas. In the autumn of that year, Dudayev, a retired general who had been awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union during the war in Afghanistan, became president of the Chechen Republic. As soon as he came to power, he publicly declared Chechnya's independence and established Chechnya's first regular force, the National Guard, with a force of several thousand men. In 1992, Chechnya was divided into two, and the western region of Ingushetia announced its accession to the Russian Federation. In 1993, Chechnya outside Ingushetia declared independence again. Since then, Chechnya has aggressively oppressed Russians within its borders, resulting in a large number of Russians moving out of the Chechen region. At the end of 1994, Russian troops marched into Chechnya by three routes to crusade against the separatist forces in Chechnya.

It was the autumn of 1993, on the eve of the war in Chechnya. I know a Beijing grandfather, Lao Huang, who has some business dealings with Chechnya, and Lao Huang is going to Gruzny, the capital of Chechnya, to settle a payment with a customer. When I heard about it, I wanted to go with him to see Chechnya. Lao Huang disagreed at first, saying that it was very chaotic over there now, and it would be dangerous to go. I told him that I would pay for my trip to Chechnya, and that I would bear the expenses if something happened. In this way, Lao Huang agreed, but he was also happy to have multiple companions on the road.

So I grabbed my clothes and boarded the train to Gruzny with the three of them on a cold night, and stayed in a tattered box. It was midnight, and the four of us lay in the dark box without sleep, nervously staring at the light coming in through the crack in the door, listening to the footsteps in the hallway. At this moment, it is the eve of Russia's war with Chechnya. With the exception of a few trains and buses, all of the air and rail freight are blocked by Russia. The security in the car is extremely poor, and robberies and murders often occur. was holding his heart when suddenly the door of the box was knocked on with a bang, and a drunken voice "opened the door and opened the door". We sat up, you look at me, I look at you, we didn't dare to come out, our hearts were about to jump to our throats. Lao Huang took out the self-defense tear gas spray canister he carried with him, got up and opened the box door suddenly, yelled at the door, "You went to the wrong box", and then slammed the door shut, turned back to us and said, "It's okay, it's a few drunkards who have found the wrong box!" "I saw a couple of big men standing in the dimly lit aisles, and the devil knows what they were doing.

At six o'clock the next morning, the train finally arrived in Gruzny, the capital of Chechnya. Although Lao Huang called the customer to inform Su Lai to pick us up, he didn't come on time, so we had to stand on the platform and wait for him. After waiting for almost an hour, Lao Huang's customer was late.

Gruzny, the most dilapidated city I've ever seen in Russia. The roads are full of potholes, and the houses are low, old and lifeless. There is only one building with more than 10 floors in the entire city. The Presidential Palace is just a small three-story building. In the square in front of the presidential palace, many people gathered, as if they were debating something fiercely, and sometimes pushing and shoving. Lao Huang's clients told me that it was the various political factions in Chechnya debating. I wanted to go over and have a look, but I was stopped by Lao Huang's client. He said, "Don't go! Our people here are sensitive. They don't like outsiders to see the excitement. "Lao Huang's customer has a payment of 100,000 US dollars that has not yet been settled with Lao Huang, and Lao Huang came to settle the payment. His client said he had money on his books, but Russia had sealed the bank and couldn't send it out, and there was nothing he could do.

Here, you can always feel the horrors of the pre-war period. The day was calm, but at night, I heard gunfire in the distance outside the window! Looking out of the window, there are groups of soldiers dressed in camouflage uniforms and armed with ammunition walking on the road, this is the Chechen terrorists who have caused many terrorist incidents in Russia. At night, we didn't dare to go out, so we bought a knife for each of us, and we all wore a knife to our waists during the day. Honestly, how can a knife deal with a submachine gun? We're just giving ourselves courage!

There are a lot of beggars on the streets of Gruzny, and there are no less than dozens of beggars on one street. A group of women led a group of children, and as soon as they saw us coming, they immediately surrounded us, and when they looked at their pitiful and helpless eyes and their tattered clothes, they knew that they were victims of the war. I was moved by compassion and wanted to give them some money, but Lao Huang stopped me, Lao Huang told me that the people here are very barbaric, don't be kind, let alone show your wealth, otherwise you will be killed. We have also met beautiful women who boldly confessed to us that they wanted to go with us, to be able to leave here, to be able to live a life without food and clothing, which was their greatest wish.

Lao Huang negotiated with the customer for three days, and the customer finally agreed to give 30,000 US dollars in cash, we thought of the danger of carrying US dollars with us, just like carrying a time bomb, but thinking of the four of us big men, each with a few thousand US dollars, it should be no problem, if we don't get the money, Lao Huang and the three of them are equivalent to a trip for nothing. After four days in Chechnya, the morning after we got the dollars, we chartered a Volga car and prepared to leave. After getting in the car, I looked at the depressed and terrifying city, and remembered what the innkeeper said when he said goodbye to us: "I really envy you, how good you are in China, there is no war." "Yes, how people who live in war yearn for a peaceful life!

After driving for a while, the car suddenly stopped, and I hurriedly opened my eyes and looked out the window while I was closing my eyes to recuperate, only to see a roadblock on the road in front of the car, and a line of soldiers in camouflage uniforms with submachine guns standing on the road. The thought of the dollars we had hidden in our bodies made my heart hang. Lao Huang told us that this is the junction between Chechnya and Russia, and the Chechen side will strictly check passers-by to see if there are any spies sent by Russia. After speaking, the experienced Lao Huang secretly took out a few dollars and asked each of us to put a hundred dollars in our passports.

The driver got out of the car and spoke to an officer on the side of the road. The officer motioned for us to get out of the car for inspection. After checking our luggage and looking at our passports, the officer accepted our dollars as it should have been, and waved us through. The car finally restarted, and after passing through the roadblock, I was greatly relieved and finally left this hellish place on earth.