"This is the First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Novosibirsk Region, Comrade Villadimo Manturov. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info He is a kind person and should be able to help you. ”

As soon as Manturov came out, the intriguing Anna immediately introduced the most powerful person in the state to the girl just now.

However, the girl, the representative of the families of the prisoners in Gula Camp, did not trust the young and stylish secretary of the state party committee in front of her.

She had met with many cadres, but none of them could help, and no one sympathized with her situation. The more official the person, the less she understands her feelings.

"Hello, Comrade Secretary, it's a pleasure to meet you." The girl said in a perfunctory, feeble tone.

Manturov also noticed that the girl was a little cold to himself, he enthusiastically stretched out his hand, smiled amiably, and said: "This comrade, what is your name, may I ask?" ”

The delicate girl took the secretary's hand without any strength, feigned a smile, and said, "My name is Maria." Actually, I didn't have any difficulties. Under Comrade Stalin, I lived happily, freely, without any worries.

Yes! How free the air was in the USSR! I can't breathe any freer air! Yes! How kind Comrade Stalin was! How great our party is! ”

"Enough! I don't think what you're saying is from the bottom of your heart. Obviously recitation! Actually, if you have any difficulties, just say, I will try to help you. ”

Mary still smiled and said, "No, there really is no difficulty. ”

"I heard what you said to the director just now. You're speaking on behalf of the families of the Gula Camp inmates below, aren't you? I have already conveyed your request to Comrade Osinov, and he will send someone to investigate.

If the staff of the Tomsk battalion really did something wrong, we will punish them accordingly, lift the restrictions on communication between you and your family, and consider re-investigating the case of the Ekh period. ”

Maria put away her smile and said weakly, "Did I hear me right?" Are you sending us away or do you really want to help us? ”

Manturov patted Maria's thin shoulder and said, "I really want to help you." As a Marxist, I don't want to see unfairness, inhumanity in society. I know that you have faced a lot of difficulties in your life, you have the notoriety of being an enemy of the people, and you have been treated unfairly in society, right?

You feel like you can't fit in with society, you feel like you're not accepted by society, do you? ”

"You're right. We just want to be treated fairly, and we don't want to be implicated in the fault of our parents. In the past, in order to integrate into society, I studied hard and closely followed the party's line, hoping to join the Communist Youth League and be recognized by the people. However, no matter how hard I worked and how good my academic performance was, people's attitudes towards me did not change in the slightest.

Later, I couldn't get into college for this reason, even though I did well academically. I managed to find a job, but soon after, I was fired for that reason. Luckily, I had a relative who owned a regular shop and let me work in his shop so I didn't starve to death. ”

Manturov nodded sympathetically and said, "Understand, this is indeed a very unfortunate thing. The emergence of Marxism is to eliminate exploitation and oppression and solve social injustice. But you, although you live in a socialist country, are treated unfairly, and are oppressed and exploited by different people, and this is not what I, and Comrade Stalin, want to see. ”

"Yes, I always believed that Comrade Stalin was a kind, great leader. Actually, compared to the families of other prisoners, my situation has already been calculated. At least I wasn't sent to Camp Gula like some children, nor was I sent to a horrible orphanage.

At least I can fix my life and not be treated unfairly at work at the moment. ”

"Okay, that's good. Who is your father? What is your name? What position did he hold before his arrest? Do you know why he was arrested? ”

"Before his arrest, my father's name was Boris Vitolovich Suev, and he was the secretary of the Tomsk Soviet District Committee. As for the reason for his arrest......"

Manturov patted Maria on the shoulder again, showing his trust in her, "Don't be afraid, just say it." Tomsk is part of the Novosibirsk region, and if there is any wrong, unreasonable or unreasonable thing, or any person who violates party discipline, I, the secretary of the regional party committee, will have to do something. ”

"The people in the Ministry of the Interior said he was a Trotskyist, but as far as I knew about him, he refused to have any contact with the Trotskyists. At the last moment before his arrest, he was still shouting 'Long live Stalin', and there should be some grievances in it. ”

Indeed, there were many people who were loyal to Stalin who were arrested on various charges. They were falsely accused by some well-intentioned people. Most of the real reasons for the report are personal grudges or official battles.

Although many of these reports were unfounded, the Ministry of the Interior did not conduct a detailed investigation into these cases. First, there is not enough time, and second, it is to clean thoroughly.

Even at the beginning of 1938, Stalin was already aware of the existence of this problem.

On January 9, 1938, the Central Committee of the CPSU issued the "Decision on the Fact of the Erroneous Dismissal of the Families of Those Arrested for Counter-Revolutionary Crimes", in which the plenum unanimously called for "not to accuse people without sufficient reasons, but to distinguish between wrongdoing and saboteurs". The number of false accusations has only begun to decrease.

"Then before you were arrested, who did your father have a bad relationship with? Have you ever had any disputes? ”

Mary thought for a moment and replied, "Probably not." ”

"If you think about it, how does he get along with his neighbors?"

"He has a good relationship with his neighbors, and there shouldn't be any disputes."

Manturov asked another leading question: "Well, what about the relationship between him and other local leaders?" For example, other district party secretaries, as well as ******** and so on. ”

Mary thought about it for a while, and then suddenly came to her mind. "He doesn't seem to have a good relationship with a district party secretary, and there are some disputes at work, but their relationship is actually not too bad."

"What's his name?"

"I have forgotten the name, but I remember that he served in the Leninsky district."

"When was your father arrested?" Manturov asked.

"It was half past two in the morning on February 18, 1934, and I still remember it vividly."

Speaking of which, Manturov has already sent out a false accusation for this reason. From Maria's words, Manturov knew that Maria's father was not purged because he was falsely accused.

There are only two possibilities left, the first is that Mary's father did commit a crime and deserved to be arrested. Second, her father was purged by the former state party secretary Ehe.

I mentioned this person before, he is the former secretary of the Novosibirsk regional party committee. He was purged for killing innocents indiscriminately and for his involvement in Trotskyist activities. When he was in office, he purged many cadres loyal to the party in order to achieve his plot to undermine the party organization and to destroy the reputation of Stalin and the party.

"Well, I'll re-investigate your father's case. According to my speculation, it is possible that your father was purged by the former state party secretary Ehe. He himself was part of the anti-Soviet clique, using his power to purge a large number of cadres in order to undermine the party organization.

Also, I don't rule out the possibility that your father was falsely accused. In any case, as part of the three-member group of the Great Purge, I have already asked the head of the State Bureau, Comrade Osinov, to re-investigate the case of the Ekh period, and will inform you as soon as the results are available. ”

"Thank you, I will appreciate you no matter what the outcome is."

Manturov thought for a moment and said, "In addition, I do not rule out the possibility that your father really participated in counter-revolutionary activities, so please be mentally prepared." ”

"Comrade Secretary, I can assure you that my father is absolutely innocent! Please investigate as soon as possible and change my father's innocence! ”

"Don't worry, I've already told Comrade Osinov that he will investigate all the cadres purged by Ekh, and I believe that the results will be available soon. If you or other companions need it, you can come to the state government and come to me. If you have relevant materials that can help you investigate, please come to me as soon as possible. ”

The reason why Manturov did this and overturned the case for others was not because he fell in love with Maria, but because he wanted to restore the reputation of the "notorious" local party organization and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Novosibirsk region, which had been used by the Ekh **** group, and to restore the trust of local cadres and the people in the party.

In this way, the cadres and people of the Novosibirsk region will become more united, trust the regional government more, and trust the local leadership of Manturov even more.