Manturov's appointment as deputy prime minister was not accidental, and Stalin decided on this appointment after many considerations. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In those days, steel production was seen as one of the indicators of national strength. Therefore, since Stalin came to power and implemented the five-year plan, the goal of increasing the steel output of the Soviet Union has increased unabated, and his subordinates have also exceeded the target, surpassing Britain, France, Italy and other countries in 1937, and the ranking of steel production has jumped to the third in the world and the second in Europe.

After Manturov became the secretary of the Novosibirsk Region Party Committee and introduced modern steelmaking technology, the steel output of the Novosibirsk Region increased by 10 million tons per year in just two years, accounting for one-third of the entire Soviet Union.

Such a big leap forward allowed the Soviet Union to surpass Germany and become the country with the largest steel output in Europe and the second largest in the world, second only to the United States, which has 60 million tons.

In addition, the Soviet Union's aluminum, coal and oil production have increased significantly, a considerable part of which was contributed by the Novosibirsk Oblast, making that region the most developed and most productive region of heavy industry in the whole Soviet Union and even in the world, creating an unprecedented miracle of heavy industry development.

In order to make a greater leap forward in the Soviet Union's steel production, Stalin entrusted the task of increasing the country's steel production to Manturov, the creator of the miracle of heavy industry.

However, Manturov, the Minister of Construction, was only in charge of construction, and could not interfere in the management of production lines, the use of production equipment, etc., even if he built a sufficient number of buildings, if the industrial management department did not cooperate with the relevant work, and the equipment produced by the machine-building department did not meet Manturov's quantity/quality requirements, it would be difficult for the Soviet Union's industrial output to be effectively improved.

Even if it is improved, it will lead to more problems related to industrial management, and there may be avoidable failures in production equipment, and then the problems will only increase, and even lead to the collapse of the country's heavy industry system.

Even if none of the above problems occur, there is ambiguity or overlap between the functions and powers of various departments, which may lead to some unnecessary disputes, or two or three departments are doing the same thing separately, but at the same time, dragging down work efficiency.

Stalin actually had this question in mind, and he was also struggling with who should be the deputy prime minister in charge of heavy industry and defense industry, and coordinate the work of these departments.

At first, considering Manturov's lack of seniority, he did not intend to make Manturov the coordinator of this work. Letting someone who is not yet 30 years old become deputy prime minister is not an appropriate decision in the eyes of most people.

So, he chose the more senior Lazar Moisejevich Kaganovich (again!). and Maxim Sakharovich Saburov.

These two men, one is the current deputy chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (Deputy Prime Minister of the Soviet Union), and the other will become deputy prime minister in 1941, when the number of deputy chairmen of the Council of People's Commissars will be expanded, and both have experience in related fields. A graduate of Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Saburov has expertise in mechanical engineering.

However, after Stalin's trial, Saburov, with his mechanical expertise, lacked the proper leadership and planning ability, as well as the experience in industrial management and construction work, and did not achieve much, making it difficult to lead several departments at the same time.

Kaganovich, despite his experience in industrial management, was originally the deputy prime minister in charge of heavy industry and transport. But he didn't have the slightest expertise in it. And the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Petroleum Industry, which he directly managed as ministers, also made a lot of mess and were messed up, and even such a trivial matter as a train delay could give him a headache for a long time, exposing his rigid management style and low management ability.

It was not until Sosnin, the former head of the Ministry of Building Materials, an expert in industrial management, took over the Ministry of Petroleum Industry and Kaganovich concentrated on the work of the Ministry of Transport that the situation improved, but the situation of train delays still did not improve much.

Now, what Stalin needed was someone who could coordinate the work of several departments and had the knowledge to do so. Kaganovich, who was self-aware, immediately rejected the appointment when he heard that he would have to manage so many departments at the same time and that he would produce more than 40 million tons of steel a year, and proposed to recommend the job to Manturov, who had created a miracle in steel production.

At a subsequent Politburo meeting, Kaganovich also agreed to Stalin's proposal to appoint Manturov as deputy prime minister and to hand over all the heavy industry sectors he was in charge of to Manturov, and to hand over the relevant departments of construction, machinery, and defense industry to Manturov.

In this way, Kaganovic was able to reduce his increasingly heavy workload and repay Manturov's father for saving his father with this promotion.

More importantly, it is possible to have a more suitable person to do important jobs, which can hopefully create more miracles of production growth, and also get a reliable and potential political ally. This is good for the country, for the people, and for oneself.

Compared with Kaganovich, Manturov not only has more professional knowledge, better and even superior planning and management skills, but also has a miraculous track record, and is the creator of the "Novosibirsk miracle". He contributed more to the development of heavy industry in the Soviet Union than anyone other than Stalin.

After much deliberation and consultation with the Politburo and the Presidium of the Council of People's Commissars, Stalin simply appointed the young Manturov as deputy chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR (deputy prime minister).

The newly established vice premier is in charge of the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Nonferrous Metals Industry, the Ministry of Ferrous Metals Industry, the Ministry of Ferrous Metals Industry, the Ministry of Coal Industry, the Ministry of Petroleum Industry, the Ministry of Chemical Industry, and other industrial management departments.

In addition, Manturov is in charge of the Heavy Machinery Department, the Medium Machinery Department and the General Machinery Department, which controls the production of various types of machinery and equipment.

In this way, as Deputy Prime Minister, he was able to fully control the production of steel and other heavy and military industries in the Soviet Union.

Under his overall planning, the Ministry of Construction, the industrial management department and the machinery production department can also more or less avoid the overlap of powers, and avoid the three departments wasting manpower at the same time and doing the same thing that the three departments have the power to do.

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"Volodya," Katya, who had just gotten off work, got into Manturov's sports car, looked at the gold star medal in front of her husband's shirt, and said half-teasingly, "another medal?" Is there any ulterior relationship between you and Stalin? ”

"What does it matter?" Manturov stepped on the accelerator and drove off on the spacious Tver Avenue in the direction of the Kremlin's minaret.

"I also want to know what the relationship between the two of you is." Katia smiled cutely and said, "Is it a separated father and son?" Or is it a more intimate, less knowable relationship? ”

"Neither." Manturov said in a tone of admonishment to his subordinates, "You are the second secretary of the municipal party committee, can you speak a little more maturely?" ”

Katia also showed her serious appearance when she was working, "Then I won't tease you in the future, this is mature enough, right?" ”

"Well, then I was wrong." Manturov finally gave in in front of his wife.

"Oh, by the way," Katia felt that the route she had taken was a little wrong, not to the place where they used to go to eat after work, "where do we go now?" ”

"Today is Molotov's birthday, I accepted his invitation and now go to his dacha for a birthday party. Kaganovich, Mikoyan, Voznesensky, Bulganin, Vyshinsky, Kosygin, and your father will all be there, so be careful what you talk later and don't make a fool of yourself in front of the eight deputy prime ministers. Manturov admonished.

"Eight? Who else besides Voznesensky, Kaganovich, Mikoyan, Bulganin and Vyshinsky? Oh yes, now the Council of People's Commissars has not yet been expanded, there are only six deputy chairmen, and the remaining one is a woman, Rosalya Shemlachka, am I right? But who are the other two? ”

"You'll find out then."