Gorbachev and the destruction of Soviet civilization
The last hope of the USSR
On March 10, 1985, General Secretary Konstantin Chernenko died after thirteen months in power. A man of principle and honesty, Konstantin Ustinovich had already suggested to Brezhnev in the late 70s to listen to the opinions of Kosygin and Shelepin and begin to correct Khrushchev's "distortions" not selectively, but systematically. To conduct a complete reassessment of Stalin's course, himself and his associates.
In essence, return to Stalin's course of development of the country. Actively fight against the "distortion of socialism" and the "fifth column". Make peace with China, which refused to re-evaluate Stalin and his program. Brezhnev did not dare to do this, although under him Stalin began to be remembered in a positive light.
The former border guard and security officer was a true statesman and an opponent of the course to destroy the USSR. Konstantin Ustinovich had a unique memory, and knew the political, economic and social situation of the country very well. On Chernenko's instructions, a comprehensive program of economic reforms was being prepared, with an emphasis on the plans of Stalin's last five-year plan. In particular, Stalin's work "Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR" (1952) was studied.
Unfortunately, Konstantin Ustinovich did not rule for long. Being an elderly and sick man, he was no longer able to actively oppose that part of the Soviet elite that had staked on the collapse of the Union and the dismemberment of its parts into national Bantustans. Perhaps they helped him die faster. In all, Chernenko's plans and activities were interrupted immediately after his death. They tried to forget him, and during Gorbachev's "perestroika" he was classified as a "co-author of stagnation" and "adept of Stalinism".
"The best German"
On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was elected General Secretary. At first, Gorbachev's rise to power was perceived positively in a country tired of the series of deaths of old and decrepit leaders. Hopes for radical changes for the better were associated with him. Modernization and systemic reforms were required to preserve and develop the Union. Relatively young (born in 1931), lively in words and generous with promises, Gorbachev was initially liked by almost everyone.
Only specialists knew that the verbose General Secretary had done practically nothing to distinguish himself in the 8 years since his arrival from Stavropol and his stay in the capital in the highest party positions (except for the unfulfilled "Food Program"). As it later became clear, the windbag and "best German" turned out to be an ideal candidate for the destruction of the USSR from within.
Mikhail Gorbachev's activities are assessed differently. For Russian liberal democrats, Westerners, reformers, effective managers and the collective West, he is a wonderful knight without fear or reproach, who sincerely tried to do something good in the country of the "Soviets". In the West, he is one of their own. The British "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher correctly assessed him: "You can do business with this man!"
Abroad, Gorbachev is an iconic figure who played a key role in the destruction of the Soviet “evil empire,” in the victorious and bloodless end of the “cold war” (essentially the third world war) for the West, and in the total plundering of the Russian world. The man who destroyed the USSR when the West was on the brink of a new Great Depression, a severe crisis. He allowed the Soviet civilization to be plundered, pouring trillions of dollars and solid rubles into the decaying West and East.
To break the Russian world into pieces (by creating three Russian states – the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Belarus). To dismember the super-ethnos of Rus-Russians into parts, creating the foundations of the current Ukrainian front, when the Russian-Great Russians fight with the Russian-Little Russians to the delight of the West (The Price of the Collapse of the Red Empire).
That is why Gorbachev was not stinted with the Nobel Peace Prize, was given the title of "the best German", was awarded the "Medal of Freedom" and a $100 prize in Philadelphia. He also has many other awards, prizes, tokens of attention, etc.
"Catastroika", the collapse of the Red Empire and the subsequent "democracy" with its shock reforms led to the socio-economic, cultural and linguistic genocide of the Russian people, the death and extinction of millions of people (the demographic "Russian cross"), the plundering of the national economy, the seizure of all the wealth of the state by a small group of bourgeois capitalists, bankers-plutocrats, oligarchs, new feudal lords and thieves, to the loss of almost all positions in the world. To the creation of a semi-colonial "pipeline" regime.
Therefore, the majority of the Russian people, when they realized the full extent of the catastrophe of 1985-1993, unequivocally hated the “Marked One” and his gang.
From Andropovism to Gorbachevism
Gorbachev, who was a dummy as a person, was made General Secretary the day after Chernenko's death. At the Politburo meeting, such titans of the USSR as the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR Andrei Gromyko and the chairman of the KGB Viktor Chebrikov spoke out for Gorbachev. Other Andropov protégés also supported him: Romanov, Ryzhkov, Ligachev, and others.
Gorbachev, together with Shevardnadze and Aliyev, was put forward by Andropov. All of them were Western-oriented figures. Andropov saw that Brezhnev's USSR was heading for disaster, and put forward a program for the rapprochement of the Soviet and Western worlds, their merger (Andropov's plan»). Andropov and his team were counting on a deal between Moscow and the West. The USSR was included on equal terms in the club of developed Western powers – the core metropolis of the capitalist system. The positive Soviet socio-economic experience was used to modernize the world order. The Soviet top was to become a full-fledged part of the global elite.
Andropov wanted to integrate (converge) the USSR into the Western world on terms favorable to Moscow. Before this, it was supposed to carry out a "cleansing" in the country, to restore order and discipline in the country and in production. The main thing was economic modernization. In the USSR, they wanted to single out a "special economy" (everything that works well): the military-industrial complex, the nuclear and space industries, electronics, academic towns. To form high-tech corporations that, with the support of the special services, would be able to successfully operate in the world (on the world market). It was a kind of "state within a state."
In foreign policy, Andropov first wanted to scare the West, show himself as a tough ruler, and then conclude a deal on favorable terms. To do this, Andropov had to go into the shadows, releasing young politicians, sweet and soft Westerners: Gorbachev, Shevardnadze, and others. Therefore, he actively promoted them, although Gorbachev had no special talents.
At the end of his rule, Andropov, apparently intuitively sensing that he was making a huge mistake, slowed down. But it was too late. Pandora's box had been opened. Andropov died, but the mechanisms of destruction that had been launched under him, which according to the General Secretary's plan were to lead to the future flourishing of Russia, continued to operate. Those people who were prepared for this acted like "zombies". As they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
They did not manage to scare the West and drive it into a dead end of the "arms race". They did not create a full-fledged "state within a state", did not carry out economic modernization. They did not rein in the national elites in the republics, did not purge the party and state apparatus.
More precisely, under Andropov and Gorbachev, a "purge" was carried out, but it was with a minus sign. They purged the armed forces, intelligence, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the state apparatus, the party from those people who could have resisted and opposed the course of convergence-rapprochement with the West, which led to the death of Russian communism and the former USSR.
Chernenko tried to slow down the process of destruction, but he was no longer able to do anything. Gorbachev was a pure destroyer.
To be continued ...
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