In the afternoon, Manturov walked into Stalin's office tremblingly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

When he entered, Stalin was sitting behind a desk reading and commenting on documents. On Stalin's desk, a large number of documents were piled up like a hill, so high that it almost completely blocked the low Stalin.

When Khrushchev and Stalin met, they also encountered such a situation. On that occasion, Khrushchev saw that Stalin was busy and did not say anything. He moved a chair himself and sat down at Stalin's desk, intending to wait until he was done with his work before he dared to speak.

But Manturov did not do what Khrushchev did. He walked straight to Stalin's desk and said: "Comrade Stalin, I am Viradimo Fedorovich Manturov, what are you looking for me?" How can I help you? ”

"Help me remove the files from my desk, sit closer, and let's talk."

Manturov, who was interested, removed the seemingly unimportant documents from the table and placed them on another table. He moved a chair and sat down at his desk, ready for a conversation with the Iron Leader.

Stalin suddenly smiled mysteriously, his yellow-brown eyes staring only at the young man in front of him. "Comrade, aren't you afraid of me?"

"Comrade Stalin, now everyone in the Soviet Union thinks that you are a kind man like a father, and I see you as if I saw my own father, what is there to be afraid of?" It is clear that this phrase spoken by Manturov was learned from Malenkov.

Every time Malenkov met Stalin, he would say something like "seeing her is like seeing your own father." Manturov simply moved these words to Stalin, much to Stalin's great joy.

"Aren't you afraid that I will arrest you?" Stalin asked tentatively.

"I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid. Although I am loyal to the party, to the working class, to Marxism-Leninism, I am not loyal to you personally. "Say something like that? Loyal to Stalin? Isn't this looking for death? But Stalin wanted to hear such words.

Manturov knew that Stalin was against the cult of personality, and he demanded that the party members finally the party and the people, and not Stalin himself. Almost only Manturov dared to say such a thing in front of Stalin.

"Very well, Comrade Manturov. As a member of the Communist Party, you should be loyal to the party, to the proletariat, not to me.

Now there are quite a few bureaucrats in the party, who, for the sake of personal fame and fortune, for the sake of so-called self-preservation, have placed busts of me in various places and hung them all over my personal portraits. They are not really Marxist-Leninists, they are just a bunch of vulgar careerists, bureaucrats.

Any victorious party will be mixed with these dissidents, careerists. They tried to protect themselves by putting up a bust of me and writing a lot of slogans in praise of the party, but they didn't believe in them themselves. (In January 1937, Stalin had said something similar to the German writer Leon Foichtvange.) ）

"yes, there are too many of them. Eher is one example. On the one hand, he placed a lot of busts of you, wrote a lot of slogans praising you, and formally supported our great party. But on the other hand, he led and participated in ******** activities, and truly betrayed the Bolsheviks. "Now that Ekhdu has been arrested, it doesn't matter how Manturov hacks him.

Stalin nodded and said, "Yes, there are too many such people. I can't tell which is a people's cadre and which is a careerist or opportunist. Although we have succeeded in digging out many elements who are formally loyal to the party but are inwardly anti-party, such as Yagoda, Yezhov, Ekh, etc., there are certainly quite a few such people in the party at present.

However, I have too many things to deal with, let alone local affairs, especially those in remote places. The supervision of local party members still depends on you, the local leaders. ”

"Don't worry, I will do a good job in supervising party members at the local level."

Stalin picked up the Order of Lenin on the table and said: "Come, Comrade Manturov, this is what you deserve." You have made a great contribution to the increase in steel production in the Soviet Union, and you have invented new prefabricated apartments to alleviate the livelihood problems of housing supply. ”

At that time, the Order of Lenin was one of the highest honors of the Soviet Union, and Manturov felt a little unbearable.

"No, Comrade Stalin, I just did my part, and I didn't do anything...... Besides, the opportunity for me to become the secretary of the state party committee was given by you, and this medal should belong to you. ”

The reason why Manturov said this was to create a low-key, indifferent image of fame and fortune in front of Stalin, so that the iron comrades who cared about power and were overly suspicious knew that they would not threaten his power, let alone Stalin's reputation and status.

When Stalin heard this, he felt even more gratified. He fastened the medal to Manturov's shirt and said: "Comrade Manturov, you have made outstanding achievements in the economy, science and technology of the Soviet Union, and have also significantly improved the production efficiency and quality of the steel industry, which fully meets the requirements of the award (Note 1). Just take it. ”

"Well, thank you, Comrade Stalin."

"Don't thank me, thank yourself, and Comrade Lenin on the medal."

Stalin looked at the "agenda" on the table and asked: "By the way, last night, did you eat at Voroshilov's house?" ”

"Yes."

"Was Comrade Budyonny there at that time?"

"Yes."

"What did he say when he was drunk?"

Manturov really didn't know how to answer this question. If he confessed everything he had said, he would probably be punished for it, and if he lied in front of Stalin, the result could be even worse.

After careful consideration, Manturov finally decided to report the truth.

After listening to this, Stalin said: "Understood. In the end, it was Yezhov's fault. How can you accuse others indiscriminately without evidence? It seems that all the cases that Yezhov has handled will have to be re-investigated. Also, on the Novosibirsk side, you will also re-investigate the cases that Ekh has handled. ”

"Don't worry, Comrade Stalin, before I came to Moscow, I asked the Novosibirsk Oblast Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to re-investigate those cases, and now more than 200 cadres have been rehabilitated, and the local party organizations have arranged for them new jobs suitable for them."

"Good. This Semyon is also yes, his wife is twenty years younger than himself, and she is still very young, Semyon is not afraid that she will be ...... in the Gula camp Yes? ”

Manturov heard it and asked in surprise: "Twenty years?" No way? ”

"yes. He's still a man after all, so he's going to play with women anyway. ”

"Yes...... Twenty years, isn't it too much? ”

Stalin smiled flirtatiously and said: "No, not too much at all. When I was younger, I used to think like you, and I wanted to find a partner of a similar age. But men, there are some things that you can't control. In 1919, when I married Nadezhda, she was only 18 years old, but I was 41 years old.

Before I got married, I used to think about the age gap, but the love between us, and my ...... Wiped out this. You'll understand. ”

The two talked for half an hour, and Stalin was very satisfied with Manturov's performance. What he wants is this kind of cadre who is both capable and low-key. In Stalin's view, Manturov, a capable and low-key man, who could not only make meritorious service to himself, but also did not threaten his position of power, was worthy of promotion.

As soon as he stepped out of the Kremlin gates, Manturov saw Katya's sensual and charming figure. Wearing a short black tight skirt, she showed her long snow-white legs, highlighting her mature breasts.

The natural, beautiful smile looks even brighter in the sun, and she doesn't look like a cold woman no matter how you look at it.

Manturov ran forward, hugged Katya tightly, and said, "My dear, I have received my first medal in my life!" ”

Katia, who is cold by nature, hurriedly removed her husband's hand, and at this time, she was still unwilling to be hugged by her husband. She put away her smile and asked coldly, "What medal?" ”

"Order of Lenin."

"Let me take a look."

Katya looked at the Lenin medal on Manturov's clothes, the platinum-plated portrait of Lenin shining, the red star on the left, the sickle and hammer below, and the red flag with "Ленин" written in the upper right corner, which looked particularly revolutionary.

"It's so beautiful. Volodya, I love you! After saying that, Katia excitedly gave Manturov a sincere kiss, which was also her first kiss.

"Go back and pack your bags, I bought a train ticket for 7 p.m. (the sunset time is more than 8 o'clock that day, so 7 o'clock is considered afternoon)."

"What? Don't you want to play a few more days? Katia asked, surprised.

"No, there's still a lot of official business waiting for me to deal with in the state. And you, if you don't go back, what will Andropov think of you? And you said that you deserted. ”

"That'...... All right. ”

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Note 1: On April 6, 1930, the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union issued an order officially establishing the Order of Lenin. The order stipulates that the Order of Lenin shall be awarded under the following conditions: outstanding merit and achievements in the economic, scientific, technological, social and cultural fields of the USSR, or significant improvement in the efficiency and quality of work and promotion of the unity and friendship of the Soviet people; made outstanding contributions to the defense of the socialist motherland and the enhancement of the defense capability of the Soviet Union; Outstanding revolutionary acts or outstanding national, social and political activities; outstanding contribution to the promotion of solidarity and friendship among the peoples of the USSR and other countries; Outstanding performance in the promotion of socialist cooperation, the development of the international communist movement and the people's liberation movement, or in the struggle for peace, democracy and socialist order; other outstanding contributions to the Soviet state and society, etc.

Manturov, on the other hand, met the criteria for "outstanding achievements and achievements in the economic, scientific, technological, social and cultural fields of the Soviet Union, or significantly improved the efficiency and quality of work" and met the criteria for awarding the award.

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