On March 10, 1939, the 18th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) was held in Moscow. www.biquge.info The congress was the first meeting held by the purged leadership of the Communist Party of Brazzaville after the purge. At the same time, this conference is the only one in the next ten years.

Manturov was one of the 2,035 people who attended the meeting.

The first day of the congress was the day when Stalin made his work report public.

Like most of the delegates, as an ordinary local delegate, Manturov had no right to speak at all. He could only sit in his seat, quietly and intently listening to Stalin's speech, clapping his hands with the others and shouting "Comrade Stalin!" Long live the Communist Party of the Soviet Union! slogans like that.

"Comrades, it has been five years since the 17th Congress of the CPSU. I think you all have the impression that this is not a short period of time. As in history, Stalin's speeches and reports begin with this sentence.

"During this time, the world has experienced a lot of things that are worth noting. Obviously, the relationship between countries has changed in many ways. ”

As Manturov expected, this time in the 18th Congress of the CPSU, Stalin will focus on the international situation and diplomacy. This had a considerable impact on the foreign policy and guidelines of the Soviet Union.

"What has changed in the international situation during this time? What changes have been made to Japan's foreign policy?

Capitalist countries have undergone economic and political changes. Economically, over the years, they have experienced depressions. Beginning in 1937, with the outbreak of a new economic crisis, the industry of Britain, the United States, and France began to decline......

On the political front, there have been political conflicts and turmoil within them.

A new imperialist war has been going on for two years. This battlefield covered a large area - from Shanghai to Gibraltar - involving 500 million people! Maps of Europe, Africa, and Asia will be redrawn......"

Manturov thought to himself: this Stalin really knew that there was an imperialist war on the Spanish side, and on the other hand, he ordered the Soviet troops to withdraw from there.

"We, the Soviet Federation, on the contrary, have developed and prospered. This is not only economic and cultural progress, but also military and political leaps, which are a struggle for world peace!

These are all overviews, let's look at the specific data and analyze how the world is changing......"

After that, Stalin gave some data that proved his thesis.

He cited changes in data on the gold reserves of Germany, Italy, and Japan, showing that the three countries had consumed large quantities of gold and raw materials to prepare for war.

In September 1938, the value of gold in the German treasury was only 17 million gold coins, while the gold in the Belgian treasury was worth 318 million gold coins.

Japan's gold reserves, on the other hand, fell sharply from 270 million yuan in 1936 to 97 million in 1938, indicating that they had spent a lot of gold and raw materials on the new imperialist war.

He then cited the growth of industrial output in the world's major countries, showing that in 1938, the Soviet Union's industrial output was 477% of what it was in 1929, a great leap forward. It is the only country that has been able to maintain high growth despite the global economic crisis.

In 1938, the United States produced only 72 percent of its industrial output in 1929, and like France, it experienced a recession.

Japan, Germany, and Italy saw a slight increase in industrial output, suggesting that their industrial systems were already preparing for war.

In general, on the diplomatic front, Stalin expressed disappointment that Western democracies had not been able to form a collective defense with the USSR against Nazi Germany. It was against this background that the later Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact appeared.

Of course, this is the report on the work of the party, and it is Stalin's summary of the party's work over the past five years. Foreign policy was not the focus of this meeting, but the economic development of the Soviet Union, especially the results of heavy industry, was the most important and necessary to explain.

"Let's look at the internal affairs of the USSR over the past few years......

At the economic level, our greatest achievement has been the complete rebuilding of the agricultural and industrial system using new, modern technologies. In our country, it is already difficult to find factories with dilapidated and outdated technologies for production, and it is difficult to find old-fashioned farms that use old equipment for farming.

Our industrial and agricultural production has applied the latest and most advanced technologies and is based on them. It is no exaggeration to say that in terms of production technology, in terms of the technological maturity of new industrial and agricultural machinery, our country is more advanced than any other country. The old machines they used hindered production and also hindered the development of technology. (Translated from the original report)

Indeed, Stalin said this more or less because of Manturov. As a time-traveler and engineer, he introduced some future production technologies into the Novosibirsk industrial system, including the oxygen top blowing converter steelmaking method, and some alloy manufacturing technologies.

However, even if Manturov did not cross, Stalin would still have uttered these immodest words, writing these things in the report with the arrogance of Yelang.

After Manturov introduced new technologies, Stalin was able to write these things into the name, because the Soviet Union at that time did have the most advanced industrial technology, and steelmaking technology was more than 20 years ahead of other countries.

Therefore, in the report, in Stalin's speech, there is another passage: "Especially in Novosibirsk, the most advanced and efficient industrial technology has greatly increased the local industrial output and product quality.

In addition to industry, the application of state-of-the-art construction technology has greatly improved the efficiency of apartment building construction, and the local government has built a large number of new apartment buildings, which has greatly increased the housing supply and alleviated the local housing supply problem. These achievements are due to the cooperation of local party organizations and the wisdom of the top state leaders. ”

Hearing this, Manturov's heart was both happy and nervous.

How could Stalin not be happy when he praised Manturov's exploits in front of so many people at the 18th Congress of the CPSU and praised him for his wisdom (although he did not name him)?

But at the same time, Stalin's praise may also arouse the jealousy of others, who may find an opportunity to attack Manturov in the future, or even provide the Ministry of Internal Affairs with fake black materials to get rid of him.

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