At present, the conflict between Ukraine and Russia is continuing to escalate and shows no signs of easing. When people from all over the world ** this "farce", they can't help but recall that when the Soviet Union collapsed, these two countries were allies who stood on the side of dissolving the Soviet regime, and who would have thought that today they would become enemies of each other?
While lamenting all this, people can't help but think of the once powerful Soviet Union, and wonder why Yeltsin insisted on bringing down the Soviet Union, and isn't it good to be the Soviet Union?
Zyuganov, the chairman of the Communist Party of Russia who witnessed the collapse of the Soviet Union and served in Soviet power, gave his views on why the Soviet Union was heading for collapse. The roots of the collapse of the Soviet Union can be traced back to 1967, when Zyuganov began to contribute to the development and construction of the Soviet Union.
Although the Soviet Union was one of the two great powers in the world at the time, its economic development had lagged behind that of the United States. There were also many problems in domestic politics, including criticism of Stalin, distrust of socialism, etc.
What's more, the Soviet regime was formed by a coalition of 15 countries, including Russia, which chose their own countries when their interests conflicted with the Soviet Union.
Despite his Russian status, Zyuganov was one of the few politicians who supported Soviet power when Yeltsin advocated the collapse of the Soviet Union. He took this position solely on the basis of his experience working with Yeltsin and serving the Russian regime.
He deeply understood Yeltsin's actions and motives, knew his true intention to dissolve the Soviet Union, and knew what kind of political system was suitable for the Soviet Union. At the end of 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, when other allies failed to achieve the expected high speed, and everyone, including Russians, criticized Yeltsin's decision, Zyuganov also made a public statement.
He made it clear: "Gorbachev and Yeltsin together pushed the USSR into the conspiracy of the West." But on this issue, Gorbachev was dull, and Yeltsin was the real villain.
Yeltsin's ** roots lie in the corruption of his mind. ”
However, considering that Zyuganov once competed with Yeltsin for Russia** and ultimately lost, although there were people who were dissatisfied with Yeltsin at the time, we cannot rule out that his remarks may have deliberately vilified the image of others.
As a result, some people have doubts about his claims. However, history is the best judge, and Zyuganov, although he could not prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, always supported those who adhered to communism during the Soviet era.
His assessment of Yeltsin undoubtedly reveals what Yeltsin has done, and at the same time reflects his awareness of the real crisis facing the Soviet Union, so he opposes Yeltsin's claims.
Zyuganov opposed the disintegration of the Soviet Union by Yeltsin and others, and he believed that the United States was behind it. After the end of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union became the two global superpowers, and they did not like each other.
However, the cunning United States used a strategy to gain control in this contest. First, it is a battle of the heart and mind of the military race. All countries have seen the power of nuclear power and are committed to its development.
In order to gain superiority in nuclear weapons, there was a saying in the country at that time: "If NATO countries develop 100 nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union will develop 101 and always surpass them." ”
The development of nuclear ** was an extremely expensive project, and even a superpower like the Soviet Union could not afford such costs without hesitation at that time.
Seeing the attitude of the Soviet Union, the United States began to unite with other NATO countries to exaggerate its own nuclear power and induce the Soviet Union to vigorously develop its domestic heavy industry, thereby ignoring economic construction.
In addition, the United States also used the strategy of peaceful evolution to dismantle the economic and ideological defenses of the Soviet Union by propagating the shortcomings of socialism and vigorously promoting Western liberal democracy.
Against the backdrop of the continuous decline of the Soviet economy and the surge of liberal and democratic ideas, the United States and other Western countries propagated the "democratic ideas" of the West through television broadcasts, and incited the Soviet people by attacking the inaction of the Soviet regime and shouting that "American capitalism is the hope of the Soviet people."
In 1956, the new leader of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev, criticized Stalin, which further aggravated the stagnation of development and social turmoil in the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union has always maintained a clear understanding of the West's ambitions, and has tightly controlled foreign magazines to prevent them from influencing the minds of the people at home. Although there was a yearning for Western democratic ideas within the Soviet Union, this idea was mainly confined to the Chinese people, and the people were still strictly controlled.
However, after Gorbachev came to power in 1985, he lifted this decree, allowing the large-scale attack of the West to shock the hearts of the Soviet people.
Gorbachev's ideas were rotten, deceived by the United States, and deeply influenced by peaceful evolution, thinking that Western democratic ideas could save the United States. But the real culprit, Boris Yeltsin, has been completely corrupted by Western ideology and has become the driving force behind the collapse of the Soviet Union.
In 1987, when Yeltsin was suppressed by Gorbachev, the US ambassador to the Soviet Union made secret contact with him. Through the conversation, the United States realized that Yeltsin was a staunch, anti-Soviet element who would be their best partner in subverting the USSR.
However, in 1989, in his speech on his return to the political arena, Yeltsin assured the population that he would preserve Soviet communism and devote himself to the path of socialism.
However, in 1991, after he was elected to Russia, the first thing he did was to announce his withdrawal from the CPSU. After the August 19 coup d'état of the same year, he directly declared to the people that the CPSU was an illegal organization and called on the Russian people to resolutely oppose and resist them.
Yeltsin was keen to communicate with Western countries, and he was warmly welcomed by countries such as Great Britain, which received him with the courtesy of the supreme national leader, indicating that they seemed to have a contemptuous attitude towards the political influence of the Soviet Union, and openly proclaimed Yeltsin's close relations with Western countries.
The most interesting thing is that in December 1991, when Yeltsin and the leaders of Ukraine and Belarus plotted to dissolve the Soviet Union in a house in the small village of Vyskul"Belovezh Agreement"At that time, it was not the other leaders present who got the news first, nor Gorbachev who was kept in the dark, but the elder Bush of the United States.
After the August 19 incident, Bush Sr. called Yeltsin twice, encouraging him not to give up his determination to dissolve the Soviet Union because of the coup d'état, and to provide support for him to stabilize his mood and have the courage to confront the Soviet regime.
Immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the elder Bush congratulated Yeltsin. At the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union, Yeltsin also gave a high-sounding reason, claiming that this was the common aspiration of the people of 15 countries under Soviet rule.
Surveys show that more than eighty percent of the Soviet people do not want to see the collapse of the Soviet Union, but Yeltsin used this as an excuse to shift the responsibility for the collapse of the Soviet Union onto the people.
Under his promotion, the collapse of the Soviet Union on December 26, 1991 made the United States completely solve its serious problems, and also made Western countries smile with joy.
Although the Soviet Union collapsed, the remaining economic crisis in Russia has not been resolved. Yeltsin, Russia's first leader after independence, faced the first task of restoring the country's economy.
As Zyuganov said about him, his ideas have been completely corrupted by the West. The lessons of his history of helping the enemy bring down the Soviet Union are destined to leave a legacy of Western ridicule in the governance of Russia.
Soon after taking office, he did not conduct exhaustive market research to find the most suitable reform path for Russia, as China has done in reforming the market economy, but rushed to transition from a planned economy to a market economy.
He blindly imitated the "shock**" of the United States and advocated "marketization", * let it go, and let the market regulate itself. Excessive marketization has led to a continuous rise in inflation in Russia.
Only one month after the implementation of the policy, prices in Russia have exceeded five times, and there is even a dilemma that ordinary people cannot afford sausages. However, the economic crisis did not alarm Yeltsin, who blindly believed in Western ideas, so much so that by 1997, Russian policemen, teachers and other public officials had not received their salaries for three years.
Some poor families even risk being shot to steal a potato in order to fill their stomachs.
Yeltsin, under the influence of Western ideas, once destroyed the Soviet Union with his own hands. However, the influence of this corrosion did not diminish as a result, but instead led to the difficult situation of the Russian economy.
Although Yeltsin himself was not without help, he voluntarily chose to resign after seeing that he could not lead Russia to prosperity, leaving the heavy lifting to Putin.
However, due to the large number of problems left behind at the time, it will not be easy for Russia to recover quickly. In fact, Yeltsin's decision to destroy the Soviet Union was due to two key reasons, in addition to being corrupted by Western ideas.
These two reasons are also the fundamental reasons why he resolutely did not assume the position of Soviet leader and was determined to destroy the Soviet Union.
Yeltsin's Rebellion: Gorbachev's Trust and Betrayal Yeltsin was a loyal supporter of Gorbachev during his perestroika, but eventually relations between the two broke down.
Yeltsin was dissatisfied with Gorbachev's perestroika, believing that under his leadership, the Soviet Union could not grow. Although Gorbachev initially saw Yeltsin as an ally and promoted him to the center of political power, the good times were short-lived, and their friendly relations quickly collapsed.
Relations between Yeltsin and Gorbachev were completely broken by a single sentence, and Yeltsin was ousted from the center of power by Gorbachev. However, Gorbachev's perestroika presented an opportunity for Yeltsin.
In the 1988 perestroika, Gorbachev granted democratic suffrage to the People's Congress, which led to Yeltsin's election as the supreme deputy of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the first chairman of Russia in the same year.
Moscow thus had both Gorbachev and Yeltsin. Yeltsin tasted the sweetness of power, was full of thirst for power, and even did not hesitate to collude with the United States and eventually became Russia**.
Despite the fact that Russia was the largest ally of the Soviet Union, its ** remained under the control of Soviet power. Yeltsin naturally wanted to become an independent leader of Russia, and not a subordinate of Gorbachev, in order to get rid of the interference of others.
In the struggle for power, coups became inevitable, and the collapse of the Soviet Union was their victim.
Yeltsin's desire for profit led him to be greedy for money during the Soviet period, and seized part of the financial resources handed over by Russia to the Soviet Union and filled it into his own private treasury. Later, he abused his power and plundered the economic interests of the country, turning himself from a poor peasant to a rich man, and even led the entire family to become rich.
Under the influence of the Soviet Union's policy of "high-paid officials", corruption has reached the point of no return, and the behavior is widespread and serious. If you pick one out at random, the wealth in their hands is beyond the reach of ordinary people who have struggled for ten lifetimes.
And this **wealth** includes not only the exploitation of the people, but also the "tribute" collected from the allies. Yeltsin was deeply saddened by all this.
He can obviously control all the resources in Russia, how can he be willing to allow the Soviet Union to exploit himself and divide up the money. Therefore, he refused to become the supreme leader of the USSR and actively sought all ways to overthrow the Soviet regime, make Russia independent and become his own private property.
It can be said that the main reasons for the collapse of the USSR were the cunning intrigues of the United States and the selfishness of Yeltsin. They hit it off and worked together to push the Soviet Union into the abyss and make it disappear into the long river of history.