Chapter 311: This is Moscow

As soon as Lin Zixuan heard this name, he understood, this is the future prince.

Song Ziwen asked the future prince to accompany him, probably because he was worried that something would happen to him in the Soviet Union, and it would not end well.

Jiang Jingguo was born in 1910 and was cared for by businessman Chen Guofu in Shanghai.

In 1920, he studied at Wanzhu Primary School in Shanghai, and in 1924, he studied at Shanghai Pudong Middle School.

In October 1925, Jiang Jingguo came to Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow and was one of the first Chinese students to study at this school.

At this time, although Jiang Jingguo was still a teenager, he was shrewd by Shanghainese, with decent language and enthusiastic attitude.

treats Lin Zixuan with the etiquette of juniors to elders.

Lin Zixuan accepted this arrangement, and it was not bad to have a tour guide who was familiar with the local situation in Moscow, where he was not familiar with the place.

Even without Chiang Kyung-kuo, they have to find a Russian translator, and you can't expect the citizens of Moscow to speak Chinese.

The three are all from Shanghai, so naturally they have a lot in common.

According to Jiang Jingguo, there is really nothing interesting in Moscow, which is extremely short of supplies compared to Shanghai, and the variety of goods in the shops is monotonous, even the clothes are the same style.

Not to mention the pursuit of fashion, as long as you wear a little bright clothes, it will cause criticism, and it is considered a bourgeois mood.

Not to mention entertainment, theaters were filled with plays glorifying the Revolution, newspapers and magazines were devoted to discussions about the Revolution, and books were published in novels praising the new era.

There are no gossip tabloids similar to Shanghai.

Shanghai and Moscow are two extremes, one is a ten-mile foreign market that is drunk with money, and the other is the revolutionary fortress of the proletariat.

On the streets of Moscow. Portraits and slogans propagating the revolution can be seen everywhere.

Lin Zixuan brought a camera and wanted to take some photos to take back. Published in the newspapers, it is considered an impression of the Soviet Union. was stopped by Jiang Jingguo.

Foreigners in Moscow are strictly forbidden to take photos out of Moscow unless they are allowed to take photos by the authorities and the content of the photos is censored.

Lin Zixuan didn't expect that the Soviet Union in this era was already so heavily guarded.

In fact, the Soviet Union in 1926 was relatively lenient, because Stalin had not yet fully taken power.

After Lenin's death, there was constant internal strife in the upper echelons of the Soviet Union, and Stalin's main opponent was Trotsky.

Trotsky was an early Russian revolutionary, a close comrade-in-arms of Lenin, and was considered Lenin's most likely successor. It had great prestige among the Soviet population.

During his lifetime, Lenin pointed the finger at Stalin and repeatedly asked Trotsky on his sickbed to oppose Stalin and others on his behalf.

But Stalin, together with the rest of the Soviet leadership, unanimously excluded Trotsky.

Why did those Soviet top brass choose Stalin over Trotsky?

Because Stalin was not a genius, he was not good at writing, he was not good at speaking, and his work was mediocre, but he was accepted by all parties in the game, and everyone thought that he had little political capital, had a simple personality, and was easy to manipulate.

And it turned out to be. Stalin did not become a pawn of anyone, but someone else became his pawn.

After driving Trotsky, his greatest rival, from Soviet politics and going into exile, Stalin embarked on the Great Purge in 1934. Gradually eliminate his opponents and finally take power.

It also brought the Soviet Union into its darkest period.

Compared with the later Soviet Union, the Soviet Union in 1926 can be said to be sunny.

Except for the poverty points of the common people. The country is not rich, except that the censorship system is too strict. There's really nothing good to complain about.

Lin Zixuan walked on the streets of Moscow with the mentality of a sightseholder, experiencing the Soviet Union in this era.

The citizens of Moscow are neater than those of other regions.

Although there are also beings who look like homeless people. But it's rare, with long queues in front of food stores and other shops that are so uncrowded that there are almost no signs of luxury goods.

He also ran into sneaky Soviets trying to peddle antiques.

Jiang Jingguo said that it was a former Russian aristocrat who secretly hid some antiques handed down from his family and sold them to wealthy foreigners, because once the Soviets found out, they would report it.

Perhaps it was Lin Zixuan's clothes that were too high-end that attracted the attention of these people.

You can buy it if you want, just beware of being deceived.

After only walking a few blocks, Lin Zixuan and Feng Chengcheng lost interest, except for the difference in architecture, these blocks are almost the same scene, and there is nothing peculiar.

The culture of a city can be seen through the sight of the city.

In the evening, they went to the theater to see a play about the October Revolution, which was very good.

Of course, if you watch similar dramas every day, you will get bored.

This is not to say that there was no repertoire of classics in the Soviet Union, at least classic ballets such as Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and The Nutcracker are still being performed, but not every day.

Lin Zixuan is looking forward to this.

Although he did not know ballet, he was willing to be influenced by the art of ballet.

In the next two days, Lin Zixuan first visited a school and then listened to a briefing.

This is a tour itinerary arranged by the Soviet side, so that visitors can fully feel the great revolutionary enthusiasm of the Soviet Union.

At an elementary school in Moscow, after the visit, the principal proposed an inscription by Lin Zixuan, which is a procedure that every visitor will have.

Lin Zixuan thought about it and wrote a sentence in Chinese: Study hard and make progress every day.

The protagonists of the Heroes Report were soldiers, peasants and workers, who showed the changes in the country before and after the Soviet Revolution through their respective occupations, and praised the good system of the country, and spoke with emotion and tears.

At the end of the report meeting, another symposium was held, focusing on summarizing the report meeting and talking about its own experience.

Lin Zixuan couldn't understand Russian, and Jiang Jingguo was translating on the side.

These people probably mean that after listening to the report, they are infected by the deeds of the heroes, and they are full of strength, and they want to contribute their youth to the motherland, the great motherland, the great leader, and so on.

At this time, the Soviets felt that it was time for the visitors to have their say.

After listening to such an exciting presentation, has your soul not been shaken, baptized, and thus a staunch supporter of the Soviet Union?

Lin Zixuan looked at those excited faces, a little unbearable to dampen their positivity.

"In the few days I have been in the Soviet Union, I have seen a lot of problems, and I feel that poverty is not socialism." Lin Zixuan spoke.

This sentence made Jiang Jingguo startled, and he thought that it was no wonder that Minister Song confessed that he wanted to see this Mr. Lin, just for fear of stabbing Lou Zi.

He was very alert, and he didn't translate truthfully, but said an irrelevant word, anyway, Lin Zixuan didn't understand, so let's fool this matter first.

"Socialism is common prosperity, so the USSR should now be in the initial stage of socialism." Lin Zixuan continued, "Since there is a primary stage, then there is an intermediate stage and an advanced stage, I think the intermediate stage is to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people, and the advanced stage is to realize the industrialization of the country, so that it can be regarded as socialism." (To be continued.) )