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On August 19, 1991, a group of Soviet politicians known as the "traditionalists" proposed:To abolish Gorbachev's rights, put Gorbachev under house arrest in his apartment, and staged a coup d'état that attracted worldwide attention.
However, the coup d'état failed after only three days. Because Yeltsin refused to participate in the coup d'état, and at the same time called for a massive strike in Moscow. In desperation, these "traditionalists" had no choice but to back down and watch the Soviet Union fall apart.
Just two months later, the Soviet Union was declared completely dissolved.
On the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union, an old marshal of the Soviet Union hanged himself in his office, leaving a sad last word:
"When the motherland is about to perish......I can't live anymore. ”
Who is this old marshal? And what did his suicide mean for the Soviet Union?
This marshal, who hanged himself in his office on the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union, was named AkhromeyevBorn in 1923 in an ordinary rural area, he joined the army at the age of 17 and became a member of the Red Army.
In 1940, Germany officially invaded the Soviet Union, encroaching on the territory of the western part of the Soviet Union, and the entire Soviet Union was in danger. At this time, Akhromeyev answered the call to join the battlefield.
In the beginning, Akhromeyev was just an ordinary private, but he fought bravely, participated in a series of battles in Leningrad, Stalingrad, and southern Ukraine, and showed excellent military talent.
In 1942, Akhromeyev became a company commanderBut he took the lead and volunteered to serve in the position with the highest mortality rate.
The German army besieged Leningrad for 872 days. For 872 days, Akhromeyev was stationed just 35 miles from Leningrad, ready to engage the Germans.
After the war, he recalled: "Of my 32 classmates, only two survived. ”
On the difficult front, Akhromeyev camped out in the field with ordinary soldiers. Even though the temperature had reached minus thirty or forty degrees, and they lacked food and ammunition, they persevered until the end of the war with faith in their hearts.
At the end of World War II, Akhromeyev was only the commander of a tank battalion. But he has been tempered by the fire of war, and he is a battalion commander who crawled out of the pile of dead people.
In peacetime, Akhromeyev returned to school to study at the Military Academy of the Mechanized Forces, and finally graduated in 1952, where he was elected Chief of Staff of the Army Group with excellent results. After that, Akhromeyev's career went all the wayBy 1974, he was already a general.
Many people believe that the development of the Soviet Union was hampered after World War IIIt is because the young people who are really brave and capable have died on the battlefield of World War II.
Although this may sound far-fetched, there is some truth to it. Akhromeyev, a company commander during World War II, became a general-level figure after the war, and in subsequent development, Akhromeyev became the military backbone of the late Soviet Union.
We all know that the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan at one time, and the person who made this plan was Akhromeyev. Under the command of Akhromeyev, Soviet forces soon took Afghanistan and pushed into western Pakistan.
Akhromeyev wanted direct access to Pakistan and the Indian Ocean under Soviet control, ensuring the Soviet Union's continued development and control of Afghanistan. But Olizhnev rejected his proposal.
On the Afghan front, the elderly Akhromeyev could no longer charge with the soldiers. However, he threw himself into his work despite his physical exertion, and devised tactics in every detail, allowing the Soviet Union to overwhelm the United States in the struggle over Afghanistan.
Upon his return, Akhromeyev received the honorary title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and his rank increased from general to marshal. In 1984, Akhromeyev became the leading figure in the Soviet military as the first deputy minister of the USSR Ministry of Defense and also the chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.
In addition to the military, Akhromeyev was a multi-faceted manHe was directly involved in the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident; At the same time, he also visited the United States on behalf of the Soviet Union in 1988 and was received by Reagan at that time, making great contributions to the easing and transformation of US-Soviet relations.
Akhromeyev lived up to the name of Marshal and devoted everything he had to the cause of the Soviet Union in his work. In the middle and late stages of the Soviet Union, the lame giant who carried it limped forward.
But the wheel of history is not something that can be rewritten by individuals, although Akhromeyev was sincere about the Soviet UnionBut there were irreconcilable contradictions and problems within the Soviet Union, .......
When did the USSR begin to fall? Some would say that it began with their denial of Stalin; Some will say that it was the Americans who began with the adoption of economic warfare; But the vast majority of people would agree that the fall of the Soviet Union began with Gorbachev.
In 1985, Gorbachev was officially elected leader of the Soviet Union. After taking office, Gorbachev embarked on a drastic reform process in the hope of getting the Soviet economy back on track.
At that time, although the Soviet Union still had a huge economy, its own industrial structure had already had problemsMoreover, the internal politics are mostly elderly, and the level of the new generation is completely unbearable.
In order to change the situation, Gorbachev directly enacted a ban on alcohol, hoping to drive alcohol out of the Soviet Union.
However, the Soviets from the north themselves loved to drink, and over the centuries they had developed a culture that was difficult to change, and it was simply impossible to quit it in a short time. Moreover, there were many wineries and liquor distributors in the Soviet Union at that timeAs soon as this ban was issued, it directly led to the unemployment of a large number of workers.
For a time, the Soviet people were full of lamentation, and a large number of fake wine manufacturers and underground alcohol black markets appeared, which brought a lot of unnecessary financial losses to the Soviet Union.
In addition to Prohibition, this stupid order, Gorbachev also gave the order for disarmament. This order was opposed by many old Soviet generals, but Gorbachev insisted on his opinion, claiming that there were too many tanks built in the 70s, and they were basically useless.
Hearing Gorbachev's speech, Akhromeyev was furious and shouted loudly"The next time a big war breaks out, do you want the people of the Soviet Union to go to war with their bare hands? We don't want to see dead people anymore! ”
Perhaps at this time, Akhromeyev already felt the turning point in the fate of the Soviet Union, and this order of Gorbachev's disarmament was tantamount to cutting off his own arm.
At that time, the Soviet Union was highly dependent on the military industry, and a strong army and equipment were the underlying capital for the Soviet Union to become a superpower, but Gorbachev insisted on the transformation of the Soviet Union, giving up the greatest advantage of the Soviet Union.
However, Gorbachev's demonization is far from over. As a communist, Gorbachev recalled a large number of exiled political prisoners back to the Soviet Union, and carried out a human rights movement in the Soviet Union, affecting the foundation of Soviet rule.
In 1989, more than 90,000 organizations for "human rights debates" emerged throughout the Soviet Union。They are clamoring to learn from the West and to call for so-called democratic ......The Soviet Union's hard and steely ambitions gradually fell apart and turned into a plate of scattered .......
In March 1990, Article 6 of the Constitution of the USSR was completely abolished, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union lost its leadership, and the huge country began to implement the ** system.
The Soviet Union itself was a collection of states, and if there was no clear leadership, why should these countries obey the Soviet Union? Gorbachev was not aware of this problem at all, but actively abolished the leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and vigorously supported Yeltsin and others.
In just one year, more than 20 political parties emerged in the Soviet Union, and Gorbachev even set himself up as **, no longer calling himself the General Secretary of the ** Committee of the USSR.
Although the secretary and ** are only a difference in position. But for many old Soviet people, "* This position should belong only to the capitalist world in the West."The leader of the Red regime, the USSR, how could he be **?
For a time, the member states of the Soviet Union were ready to make a move, and it was clear that they wanted to leave the Soviet Union. In order to save the fate of the Soviet Union, the Soviet conservatives led by Yanayev placed Gorbachev under house arrest on August 19, 1991, hoping to make Gorbachev pull back from the precipice and let the CPSU regain the dominance of national discourse.
In this coup, Akhromeyev supported the conservatives, but after two days of observation, Akhromeyev was convinced that the conservatives could not save the fate of the Soviet Union.
Back in June 1991, Akhromeyev publicly presented a press conference on the 50th anniversary of the Great Patriotic WarHe said that he was very worried about the imminent collapse of the Soviet UnionWhat Hitler's millions of troops failed to do back then has now been achieved by the Soviets themselves.
After the August 18 coup d'état, the collapse of the Soviet Union was a foregone conclusionAkhromeyev, who has been mixed for most of his life, of course, saw this.
On August 24, Akhromeyev returned to his Kremlin office, hung a rope from a beam, and hanged himself at the age of 68.
Akhromeyev's death became the catalyst for the destruction of the Soviet UnionThe old marshal, who symbolized the convictions of the Soviet Union, committed suicide and left the country he loved so much, not wanting to see the Soviet Union destroyed before his eyes.
Just two months after the death of AkhromeyevGorbachev signed the CIS Treaty with representatives of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, announcing the complete dissolution of the Soviet regimeRussia became the sole successor state to the Soviet Union.
The story of Akhromeyev is undoubtedly a tragedy, but he is worthy of the red goal that the Soviet Union has fought with all his life, and he is an old marshal worthy of our respect. Even though the Soviet Union no longer exists, Akhromeyev's name will be remembered along with the Soviet Union.
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