(The first update,It's finally going to enter the first big climax before it hits the shelves)

On December 8, 1991, when the Soviets were calm, no three relaxed state leaders appeared in the Belarusian village of Vishkuli in the Belovezh Forest, and in fact Yeltsin was buried in the Novodevichy cemetery forever, except for Kravchuk and Shushkovich, who were still alive. The butterfly effect changed the course of history, and the "Belovezh Agreement", which symbolized the prelude to the collapse of the Soviet Union, became a big dream that would never be realized.

Kravchuk was at this time the chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Ukraine, not the president of Ukraine. Shushkevich had just recently assumed the chairmanship of the Supreme Soviet of Belarus, and Yanayev had managed to stabilize himself from the chaotic order in the Soviet Union, taking most of the military power into his own hands, and he was finally free to purge the pro-Western forces in the major member states.

And in just two months, he managed to raise a limited amount of war funds through arms sales and foreign trade companies, and if a war broke out, he refused to let the Soviet Union's already bad economy pay for military spending. This huge sum alone will survive the first months of the war conflict.

In Yanayev's words, "Without teaching the separatist forces in the member states a lesson, there will always be a danger of the collapse of the Soviet Union." The Soviet Union would rather end its leadership in the tragic way of war than be carved up by a group of shameless villains with butcher's knives. ”

In the lexicon of the Soviets, there is never a retreat or compromise.

Kravchuk and Shushkovich are undoubtedly the first to bear the brunt, because Ukraine and Belarus still hold seats at the United Nations, which is not a good thing for Yanayev, who has repeatedly worried that they will use their voting power to make big news.

So Kravchuk and Shushkovich were summoned by Yanayev from Kiev and Minsk to Moscow respectively, of course, Yanayev concealed their itinerary from each other, and even the emergency summons between them were only half a day apart, while Yanayev had an argument with Pavlov in the presidential office on their way to the Kremlin.

Pavlov paced back and forth, looking anxious, if he had previously supported Yanayev's policy 100 percent, now he was on the opposite side of him. The turmoil in the constitution of the abolition of the right of the member states to freely withdraw from the Soviets has not yet passed, and the turmoil caused by the abolition of seats in the United Nations is no less than another August 19 crisis.

"I absolutely do not agree with this, President Yanayev, you are playing with fire**, the situation in the member countries is bad enough, if we stimulate the nerves of the opposition again, I don't think they will all fall to the opposite side of the West." Pavlov pushed his glasses and analyzed, "The previous high-pressure policy only temporarily suppressed the nightmare of separatism, and they are just secretly accumulating strength, waiting for the next counterattack." And your actions will be the trigger for a counterattack. ”

"Comrade Pavlov, I would like to ask why we didn't strike ahead of time since we knew that the other side would fight back, and did you want to see an Almaty incident, a Tbilisi crisis, or another Ferghana Black June?" Yanayev also raised the decibels, and little by little his patience with Pavlov was drained.

"But the current situation in the country is not stable! It is impossible for us to strike at the member countries in a situation of instability. God, the situation is bad enough now, do you still want to add fuel to the fire again? Pavlov roared almost as he slapped the table in front of Yanayev.

"The Soviets will never be able to stabilize without a complete eradication of moths in the member states." For the first time, Yanayev assumed the posture of a tough dictator, "Ethnic relations have become a battering ram for the destruction of the USSR, and those damned guys are constantly stirring up the emotions of the locals, demanding the expulsion of the Russians, and if we do not act again, the whole country will not belong to the Soviets!" ”

"Damn it, Yanayev, what the hell are you trying to do to touch the sensitive nerves of the opposition again and again, is this to force them into a civil war?" Pavlov was so angry that he began to speak out, completely forgetting that standing in front of him was the Supreme General Secretary of the Soviet.

"Watch your words, Comrade Pavlov." Yanayev turned around dissatisfied, leaving Pavlov with an elusive back, "Since the moths have formed a climate, then I am going to oppress those oppositionists, force them to do things out of the ordinary, oppose our policies, and only for this reason can we advance openly into the member countries to control the situation." ”

Yanayev turned his head, waved at the man who had been standing at the door, and said, "General Rogionov, please come in." ”

Also turning his head was Pavlov, who was surprised to hear the name, and the former commander-in-chief of the Caucasian Military District, General Rogionov, was bowing slightly to Yanaev, with a look of humility and no remorse, just as he had been when he was unjustly tried three years earlier.

"General Rodionov will return to the post of head of the Caucasian Military District, not the Supreme Commander, of course, but the leader who has the authority to command everything in the event of unrest in the area under the jurisdiction of the Military District." Yanayev explained to Pavlov why he wanted to bring Rogionov back.

"Also, Patiashvili has also been reassigned to the Central Committee, and I want him to be the future chairman of the Georgian Soviet." Such a momentous event, Yanayev said that it was as sparse and ordinary as drinking water.

"You're sending a signal to them, Yanayev." Pavlov swallowed, "Or maybe you are deliberately letting Georgian President Zvyad Gamsakhurdia see it, in order to continue to force him to act more out of line." ”

"What nonsense are you talking about, Comrade Pavlov. General Rogionov was a loyal member of the Soviets, and what I am doing now is nothing more than compensation for the reversal of the black-and-white trial three years ago, when it was Gorbachev, Shevadnadze, and Zvyad who should have been sent to the gallows, not Rogionov and Patyashvili, who succeeded in stopping the rebel plots. ”

For the first time, Pavlov saw the usually calm Yanayev suddenly burst into a temper, and to be honest, Yanayev was indeed indignant at the Tbilisi tragedy of April 9, 1989, and those who succeeded in stopping the Georgian national extremist forces were convicted, such as Rogionov, who mobilized the army, and Patiashvili, the chairman of the Georgian Soviet, while those triumphant villains escaped trial and put all the blame on the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, describing the Tbilisi incident as " Brutal Soviet troops suppressed the events of the Georgian patriots".

If Yanayev had been present at the time, he would not have hesitated to give Zvyad and Shangglaya, the leaders of the Minzong movement, who started the riots, a 7.62mm bullet.

"If you don't want to support our actions, you can be a cold bystander, and I can just play the role of some bad guys." Rogionov calmly spoke to Pavlov, and at the same time hinted that he should stop provoking Yanayev.

"Okay, President Yanayev, please take care, no matter what decision you make, I will support you." Pavlov turned around and went out, and before he had taken two steps he turned around and said with some self-deprecation, "Now what can the Central Committee do other than support you in everything?" We are all just trying to renew the life of this dying regime, and we don't know when this edifice will suddenly collapse, and we, the architects, are just doing some repairs. ”

Pavlov was a little sad, these were words that he had buried in his heart for a long time, although it was not appropriate to say them in public, but in the past few months, he had followed Yanayev from birth to death, and he had long regarded the other party as a reliable friend.

For the first time, Pavlov found that Yanayev's eyes were as bright as stars, as if the difficulties in front of him were only a fog that temporarily covered his eyes, and Yanayev said to him in the most firm tone, "You are wrong, Pavlov, for you it is only to maintain the status quo of the country, for me, the Soviets will be reborn in the flames of war!" ”