Vlasik, Stalin's right-hand man,Why did you fall out of favor after a year?
In the years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, almost accusations and bashing were carried out against those close to Stalin, and the person who suffered the most notoriety was probably Lieutenant General Nikolai Vlasik.
Vlasik was a loyal defender who has long been misunderstood. Some portrayed him as Stalin's minion, extremely obedient to him. Although Vlasik's daughter had criticized him, she also admitted that he had been her and her brother's guardian.
However, the fact is that Vlasik has been steadfast in protecting Stalin's security, loyally for 25 years. Stalin died less than a year after he left his post as a guard, and there are still various speculations about the cause of Stalin's death.
Now, within the Russian Federal Guard Service, there is still a group of sincere admirers of Vlasik, who see him as the real founder of the Guard Service.
In May 1918, Vlasik became a member of the party, and in September of the same year he was sent to the Cheka, where he worked under Dzerzhinsky. In May 1926 he served as a special commissioner in the operational department of the General Directorate of Political Security, and in 1927 he became Stalin's personal bodyguard.
The transfer began with an unexpected incident in Moscow in 1927, when he was on leave and was recalled to guard such important locations as the Cheka Special Service, the Kremlin and Stalin's holiday dacha.
Vlasic found that, despite Lenin's suffering, the improvement of the top security was not thorough. Stalin usually had only one guard on his side, the Lithuanian Jusis.
When Vlasik inspected Stalin's holiday villa, he was surprised to find that there was only one guard on duty at the villa, and there were no tablecloths, crockery, and cutlery, and that Stalin's diet was served by sandwiches delivered from Moscow.
As a man of family life, Vlasik not only improved his security work, but also took on the task of taking care of Stalin's daily diet.
Vlasik's new measures at the beginning made Stalin somewhat suspicious, he was accustomed to a simple life. However, Vlasik, who firmly believed in his point of view, brought cooks and cleaning ladies to Stalin's holiday villa, and all the food came from the nearest state farm.
The farm does not even have a ** line with Moscow, which was also arranged by Vlasik himself. Through a series of measures, Vlasik has set up a security system for the villa in the southern suburbs of Moscow, with a well-trained staff on standby and the surrounding facilities are heavily guarded.
Although important target protection mechanisms existed before Vlasik, it was he who laid the ripe standards for Stalin's domestic travels, official activities, and visits abroad.
He also stipulated that Stalin travelled in the same car as his personal guards, and that the other attachés would travel in the same looking vehicle, and that only the inner circle would know in which car Stalin was in.
This system saved Brezhnev's life in 1969. Vlasik had become an indispensable person at Stalin's side in just a few years, the most trusted one.
Stalin also entrusted Vlasik with the care of his three children: his daughter Svetlana, his youngest son Vasily, and his adopted son Artem Sergiev.
Vlasik played his role to the best of his ability, and as the head of the household, he was responsible for disciplining the recalcitrant Vasily. He knew that Stalin would not spoil his son too much, so he shielded Vasily from the wind and rain as much as possible.
However, as Vasily grew older, his behavior became more and more uncontrollable, and Vlasik's umbrella became more and more difficult to serve, and he was repeatedly criticized by Stalin.
Despite this, Vlasik remained committed to his duty, and he also loved photography, leaving countless wonderful memories of Stalin and his family.
Artyom and Svetlana have different opinions about the head of the family, but his hard work and dedication are undeniable.
Svetlana points out that although Vlasik considered himself Stalin's closest person, he was in fact a man of low education, rude and stupid, and full of official arrogance.
Artem Sergiev, on the other hand, believes that Vlasik was the key figure in keeping Stalin safe, that he was responsible for ensuring the security of everything, and even knew Stalin's friends and enemies.
Vlasik's work was so hard that he stayed around Stalin 24 hours a day, and even lived in the room next door to Stalin. During his 15-year career, Vlasik rose from rank and file to general, at the helm of a huge institution, responsible not only for Stalin's security, but also for his family life.
After the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, Vlasik undertook the important task of evacuating dignitaries, diplomatic missions and the People's Commissariat. He succeeded in escorting them to Kuibyshev and placing them in place, making sure nothing went wrong.
Vlasik was extremely vigilant, and he took potential assassination attempts very seriously, and until his later years still believed that the Lotsky gang had plotted to assassinate Stalin. In 1935, Vlasik's vigilance seemed to be tested, when Stalin and others were rowing in the Gagra area when they were met with shore fire.
Vlasik immediately pounced and covered Stalin with his body. Although no one was injured, Vlasik believed it was an assassination, while others believed it was a scene arranged by Beria.
It is also possible that the border guards mistook Stalin for an illegal trespasser while he was on a boat tour. During the Great Patriotic War, Vlasic took part in the defense of the Allied summits three times, and completed the task with great success.
As a result, he was awarded the Order of Lenin for the success of the Tehran Conference, the Order of Kutuzov 1st Class for the Crimean Conference, and the Order of Lenin again for the Potsdam Conference.
However, during the Potsdam Conference, he was accused of corruption. It is said that after the meeting, he brought back many valuable items from Germany, including horses, two cows, and a bull.
Still, Vlasik's explanation for this is that he lost everything in 1941, including his hometown of Bobenich, his family, and all his livestock.
His eldest niece was taken captive to Germany for hard labor, and the village was left in ruins. So, he wanted to bring back cattle and horses from Germany to compensate his relatives.
The guards and staff of the dacha "reveled" in Stalin's free time, eating all kinds of food and expensive drinks. Then it was testified that Vlasik himself was "not averse" to this form of relaxation.
Vlasik was dismissed from his post and transferred to the Ural city of Asbest, where he served as deputy head of the Bazhenovsky ** battalion of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs. His sudden fall from grace may have been due to increased suspicion on Stalin's part, or he considered drunken indulgence to be a very serious mistake.
There is also speculation that Stalin wanted to take this opportunity to oust Vlasik, as he began to promote young cadres. For the personal guards who followed him for 25 years, the outcome was unbearable.
Later, Vlasik was involved in the "Doctor's case", accusing him of ignoring Lydia Timashuk's report, and he insisted on not giving in, but was eventually interrogated in prison and sentenced to 10 years of exile.
Despite the fall of Beria, Vlasik's fate did not change until he was pardoned on December 15, 1956.
In Moscow, Vlasik returns to the city he once knew, but he is faced with desolation: his property is confiscated and his detached apartment becomes a collective apartment.
He kept shuttling between departments, writing letters of appeal in the hope of restoring his reputation and party membership, but all his efforts went unanswered.
So, he decided to secretly write his memoirs, telling about his views on life, explaining why he did things, as well as his views on Stalin. He believes that if a person has earned people's respect and affection through their words and deeds, then it is not a bad thing.
The people respected and loved Stalin for leading the USSR to prosperity and victory, doing many good deeds. Stalin enjoyed extremely high authority, and he was sincere about the interests of the Soviet Union.
Vlasik concluded that he had never received any punishment in his 25 years of work, only praise and awards, but now he was expelled from the party and thrown into prison.
Although he was ridiculed and ridiculed in prison, his soul never resented Stalin, and he was always his dearest person. He represents the most glorious and precious thing in his life -- the party, the motherland, and the people.
Vlasik died in Moscow on June 18, 1967, and was buried in the Donskoy cemetery. On 28 June 2000, the Russian Federation quashed his sentence and closed the case on the grounds that he had "not committed the crime".
In October 2001, his adopted daughter received her deprived medal. It was not until 2011 that Vlasik's dossier was made public, revealing that he was the actual founder of the Federal Guard Service.