After the coup d'état, Gorbachev went on vacationStrange things happen
Crimea was the main holiday destination of the Soviet leaders during the Soviet era, and the Black Sea coast is beautiful and has a cool climate, which is ideal for escaping the heat. On August 4, 1991, Gorbachev flew to Crimea with his family, where he planned to spend two weeks on vacation.
At the same time, the elder Bush of the United States was also vacationing in Wackerpo. Gorbachev's chosen holiday villa is located by the sea, just like the old Bush's resort. In the eyes of the Soviets, a vacation was a luxury that could only be achieved by such a high-ranking ** as Gorbachev.
Gorbachev's new villa is said to have been built in 1988 on the cliffs of the Great Yalta district of Crimea, an area that in 1945 was the meeting place of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin.
Gorbachev's villa is called "Villa Asaka", and it sits on a stone and is surrounded by beautiful surroundings. In order to maintain the luxurious nature of this villa, Mrs. Raisa decided to remove the crystal chandelier from the villa and move it out.
For the construction of this villa, Soviet workers brought thousands of tons of sand and shrubs from all over the country, and every year new soil was brought in to ensure the survival of the trees.
The artificial sandy beach goes straight to the villa terrace, which makes the villa look even more spectacular. The KGB of the USSR ** was responsible for supervising the construction of the dacha and the security work of Gorbachev.
Although they considered the location of the dacha too dangerous to defend against attacks from the sea and land, Gorbachev was fascinated by it. On August 18, 1991, Gorbachev ordered his family to pack their belongings and prepare to return to Moscow the next day.
Their every move was recorded by the KGB guards around the villa, which was their routine work. While Raisa was swimming in the sea, Gorbachev admired her on the beach.
Gorbachev was also working during his vacation, and after lunch, he began to revise his speech at the signing ceremony of the new alliance. After lengthy negotiations with several member countries, the Soviet Union finally reached a new alliance agreement.
However, at this time, the head of the KGB guard, General Plekhanov, came to the Crimea with two KGB **. Immediately after they arrived, they ordered the central operator of the KGB to cut off Gorbachev's ** line.
Gorbachev lost contact with the outside world at this time, and even the nuclear strike network in his hands was cut off. The "nuclear suitcase" in Gorbachev's hands has already been prepared to be sent to Moscow Yanayev and others tomorrow.
Gorbachev's personal bodyguard, Dmitry Medvedev, then entered Gorbachev's room at 4:45 p.m. on August 18. Gorbachev was reading the newspaper at the time, and Medvedev interrupted him, suggesting that there was a group of **s from Moscow who wanted to see him.
Gorbachev suddenly realized that something was wrong, because the people who wanted to see him were all people around him, and they were also very important people, including Chief of Staff Borkin, Army Commander General Valentnikov, and two Soviet secretaries promoted by Gorbachev.
It is said that except for Valennikov, who is a general of the army, everyone else is a long-time trusted ** by Gorbachev. What are they coming to do? Gorbachev had a sense of foreboding.
Gorbachev asked Medvedev how the men had come to the heavily guarded dacha. Medvedev told him that General Plekhanov of the KGB would be able to enter at any time.
What do they want to do? Medvedev is also not good at answering this question. Gorbachev realized that a coup d'état might break out, so he tried to give Gorbachev a **, but it didn't work.
Medvedev realized that Khrushchev's coup d'état could be repeated, since all external contacts were cut off.
Gorbachev realized that there could have been a coup d'état, and he tried to contact Moscow, in particular, the head of the KGB, Kryuchkov, who he trusted the most, to find out about the situation.
However, the ** he called many people did not get through. During this period, the red **, which was specially prepared for the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Army, could not be connected either. These anomalies puzzled Gorbachev, who he considered the visitors to behave strangely and rudely, and even cut him off from the outside world.
This led him to conclude that it was a coup d'état. Gorbachev's family also supported his decision, and at this moment, only he is capable of dealing with any problem. He clearly knows what the coup d'état means, especially the events in the history of the USSR when Khrushchev was couped.
He realized that the scene of 1964 might be repeated to him. However, although Khrushchev was retired, he survived, and Brezhnev allowed him to retire.
This reminded Gorbachev of some rumors from the top of the Soviet Union, including those of Brezhnev and of Stalin. Brezhnev's guards claimed that Andropov and other commissars had been providing Brezhnev with sleeping pills, which led to his death in his sleep.
Although such rumors have yet to be verified, the more Gorbachev thinks about it, the more frightened he becomes.
03 In the end, Gorbachev accepted the reality and chose to deal with it bravely in the face of the upcoming coup. But to his surprise, the putschists took the initiative to start a dialogue with him, which gave him a glimmer of change.
In previous coups, heads of state like Gorbachev were usually imprisoned or outright killed. However, this time the putschists not only spoke to him, but also entered his office and asked him for his insights about the incident.
They claimed that they had come to discuss the situation in the country, which reassured Gorbachev. When Gorbachev asked who they represented, they were silent. But after asking questions again, they said that they were representatives of the committee consisting of Kryuchkov, Yanayev and Yazov.
However, Gorbachev knew that this committee was not authorized by the Supreme Soviet, which was against the law. As Gorbachev's chief of staff, Borkin understood Gorbachev's concerns.
He knew that if Gorbachev knew about the members of this committee, he would also be reassured. However, Borkin was relieved to know that this committee was all acquaintances promoted by Gorbachev.
Because there was no Yeltsin in this committee. Gorbachev was most afraid of Yeltsin, who he feared would oppose his new alliance treaty. Before Gorbachev went on vacation, he had a lengthy conversation with Yeltsin on August 14 to convince him not to worry about the opposition referendum.
However, on August 16, when Yeltsin traveled to Kazakhstan to meet Nazarbayev, Gorbachev began to worry that they might be plotting a conspiracy. He believed that the leaders of some Soviet member states decided on their own and did not take him into account.
What shocked Gorbachev was that the people closest and trusted to him were involved in the coup. Moreover, Gorbachev had Kryuchkov listen to Yeltsin's conversations and gave the records to Borkin for him to pass them on to Gorbachev.
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was in deep crisis, fearing both his loyal reformer Yeltsin and his trusted reformer Yakovlev, and even being wiretaped by him.
Gorbachev felt the same for Gorbachev after being executed by coup d'état in 1989, so he strengthened his guards and replaced bulletproof cars.
However, even though he hated the head of the guard, Plekhanov, in the end it was Yeltsin who saved him. Gorbachev once lamented, "8The 19 event "failed due to poor planning."
But when the Emergency Council took control of Crimea, Plekhanov betrayed Gorbachev, the putschists did not detain him, Yeltsin met with Nazarbayev, spied on Yakovlev, and why Kryuchkov did not arrest Yeltsin.