The Relationship between Former Russian President Yeltsin and Soviet Subversion

1985, Gorbachev, the same age as Yeltsin, came to power and promoted the so-called "humane democratic socialism". A large number of grassroots cadres entered the central leadership positions of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev took a fancy to his former colleague Yeltsin, transferred him to Moscow and appointed him as the Minister of Construction of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union. Yeltsin finally took a crucial step, from a local politician to a national politician, even the master of the Kremlin! That is, this year, Yeltsin accompanied Gorbachev to visit Tyumen, an oil-rich area in the Soviet Union, where Yeltsin met chernomyrdin, then Minister of National Natural Gas Industry (in his later political career, the two gradually became political partners, which is another story). During his trip to Tyumen, the ruling Gorbachev appreciated Yeltsin's working ability and style more. At the end of the year, he became an alternate member of the Political Bureau of the Soviet Union and the first secretary of the Moscow Municipal Committee. After becoming the party secretary of Moscow, Yeltsin carried out drastic reforms. In just a few months, 23 district party secretaries in 33 districts of Moscow were dismissed by Yeltsin.

During his term of office, due to his inability to keep consistent with the CPC Central Committee, 1987, Su * * dismissed him and appointed him as the director of the nominal construction Committee, retaining ministerial-level treatment. At the beginning of the second year, he was removed from the post of alternate member of the Politburo. However, after so many years of ups and downs in politics, Yeltsin has gradually become a more sophisticated politician, and he can withstand ups and downs. 1990, Yeltsin resigned from the Construction Committee and announced his withdrawal from the Soviet Union to run for the Soviet People's Representative, which marked his equal with Gorbachev who helped him. After a desperate campaign, Yeltsin was elected President of the Supreme Soviet by the First People's Congress of the Russian Soviet Union in May 1990. Yeltsin reappeared in politics. 199 1 In June, Yeltsin was finally elected as the first president in Russian history with 58.9% of the votes. This year, Yeltsin was 60 years old, and two presidents appeared in a Soviet country (Gorbachev was the Soviet president), and signs of the Soviet Union's division began to appear.

The power struggle between Yeltsin and Gorbachev has also entered a white-hot stage. At this time, both the national crisis and the economic crisis in the Soviet Union are hard to prevent. On the eve of the general outbreak, 16 countries joined the * * * countries, and disputes continued, and the growing wave of nationalism impacted the foundation of the alliance. Social and economic order collapsed, commodity prices soared, and people's living standards retrogressed for decades. "The self-esteem of the great Russian people has been greatly hurt." In order to prevent the increasingly serious separatist tendency of countries, Gorbachev put forward the idea of "sovereign state" alliance, and the draft of the alliance is ready to be signed by all countries on August 20 199 1.

However, some senior figures in the Soviet Union are worried that such an agreement will still destroy the Soviet Union, so they are quietly preparing for ... 1991August19, another day in the history of the Soviet Union that shocked the world. The Tass news agency of the Soviet Union broadcast the Letter to the Soviet People from the State Emergency Committee to the whole world: Soviet President Gorbachev could not perform his duties due to health reasons. Moscow and other places implemented a state of emergency, and the army entered the city and controlled some power centers. But this rigorous Committee made a fatal mistake: it did not arrest the opposition Yeltsin! This made Yeltsin win extremely valuable time. After hearing the news of the coup on the radio, he was calm and took the lead in setting an example. He rushed to the Russian president's office, called an emergency meeting of senior Russian leaders, took a series of measures, and took the lead in jumping on the defected tank, calling on the people and the army to rise up against the strict Committee that had to withdraw troops from the city. The "8 19" action was completely aborted, and Yeltsin became the "great hero" of the Soviet Union, and his reputation was in full swing.

In fact, Yeltsin's defense of Gorbachev is only a means of "holding the emperor to make the princes". The "819" incident provided Yeltsin and the opposition with an excellent opportunity to take charge of the Kremlin. Yeltsin declared that all Russia had no party affiliation, the Soviet Union was pushed out of the political arena, and the participating countries declared their independence one after another. On February 28th, 65438, Russian President Yeltsin secretly met with the Presidents of Ukraine and Belarus in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, and issued the Minsk Declaration: "The Soviet Union, as the subject of international law and geopolitical reality, is stopping its existence ... * * * The process of separating from the Soviet Union and establishing an independent country has become a reality." The Minsk Agreement, led by Yeltsin and called by the West as a "three-person coup", declared the actual disintegration of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union, which existed for 69 years, ceased to exist and was replaced by the Commonwealth of Independent States. Redrawing the map covering the earth's land 1/6. The hand of history is a thrilling picture, and the future has its own comments. However, Yeltsin, as a very important political figure in the incident, can be said to have played a huge role in fueling the flames. The "819" incident finally pushed Yeltsin to the peak of Kremlin power.