November 11, 1982 is the independence anniversary of African country Angola .
10 that morning, Angolan President Dos Santos was waiting at the presidential palace for congratulatory letters from his ally Soviet Union. But I waited around, but I didn't wait for congratulations from the Soviet Union. Dos Santos asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to contact the Soviet Union several times, but received no response.
Many Western countries have also keenly smelled this abnormal phenomenon. As the "big brother" of socialist camp , in the past, the day before every Angola's Independence Day, the Soviet leader Brezhnev would send congratulatory letters. This is not only a diplomatic etiquette, but also a kind of care for the "big brother" for the "little brother".
But this independence day, the Soviet Union has not taken any action. Could it be that something major happened to Moscow ?
On the afternoon of November 10, Dos Santos issued a secret order to the Angolan embassy in the Soviet Union, asking them to figure out what was going on.
soon, the Angolan embassy in the Soviet Union reported several abnormal situations to the president: First, in the afternoon of that day, the regular TV programs and a concert originally played by Soviet Central Television and a concert were replaced by a documentary by Lenin or Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6.
2. In the evening news program "Time" , the female host rarely wore a black long dress.
Angola's embassy in the Soviet Union judged that it is very likely that Andrei Pavlovich Kirirenko, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, passed away because Kirirenko had long been rumored to have health problems, and he was also absent from the October Revolution 365th anniversary celebration a few days ago.
It was not until 11 am on November 11 that people heard a major news from the famous Soviet announcer Igel Kirillov:
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Leonid Ilych Brezhnev died in Moscow on November 10 due to heart disease !
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According to famous Soviet political commentator Roy in his book "Portrait of a Politician" , on the morning of November 9, 1982, there was nothing unusual about Brezhnev.
That day at noon, he came to his office as usual to start reviewing the documents.
Not long after, Andropov came to Brezhnev's office and the two had a conversation about their current work for more than ten minutes. Brezhnev worked until 8:30 pm before returning to his villa in Zarechiyah.
Brezhnev's bodyguard Vladimir Medvedev also recalled in his book "Private Bodyguard Memoirs - The Sins of Brezhnev and Gorbachev" that after Brezhnev returned home, he only had a little "small abnormality", that is, he did not watch the news program he liked the most as usual Broadcast Now .
This point was also confirmed by Brezhnev's wife Petrovna .
Although it feels a little strange, Petrovna doesn't take it too seriously because Brezhnev's body doesn't look like there are many problems.
Not long ago, he visited Azerbaijan , presided over a meeting of senior officers in Moscow , and on November 7, he also attended a large military parade held in Red Square .
Although the weather was bad that day, Breshinev stood on the viewing platform for several hours, waving to the crowd holding his portrait through the viewing platform . After the military parade, Brezhnev also attended a reception.
At the reception, he raised his glass frequently, "cherking to the Lenin Party" and "cherking to the health of all those who are sitting", without showing any abnormality.
so no one expected that Petrovna and Medvedev would be the last night in Brezhne's life.
Medvedev remembered that Brezhnev didn't eat anything that night, and only ate some milk residue , and after drinking some tea, he felt a little uncomfortable in his throat. He took a deep breath and walked back to his bedroom.
As Brezhnev's bodyguard, Medvedev was on the day shift that day, and another bodyguard, Sobachkov, was on the evening shift. At around 8:30 pm, after Sobazukov came to take over, Medvedev took a car and left Brezhnev's residence.
At about nine o'clock the next morning, Medvedev came to Brezhnev's residence - he was here to replace Sobachukov, who had finished his night shift.
When Medvedev arrived, he saw Brezhnev's wife Petrovna sitting in the first floor restaurant for breakfast.
This is a very normal phenomenon, because Petrovna suffers from diabetes , so she gets up early every day, while her doctor usually comes to inject her into insulin for treating diabetes at around 8 o'clock.
After the injection, Petrovna usually starts to eat breakfast, while Brezhnev is usually still sleeping.
The hour hand pointed at nine o'clock, Medvedev and Sobachkov walked up the second floor together and came to Brezhnev's bedroom. Sobachkov pulled open the curtains in his bedroom as usual.
According to Medvedev's recollection, "When we opened the curtains, Brezhnev would open his eyes and be ready to get up. But that day he was still lying on the bed with his head down on his chest, and his chin was placed on his chest, which looked very strange."
After Medvedev looked at each other, he felt something was wrong, so he walked to the bed and gently shook Brezhnev's arm, but Brezhnev did not react at all.
The two of them suddenly became nervous, increased the strength of their hands, and even shook the bed. But Brezhnev was like a dead man, motionless and his eyes were always closed.
Medvedev felt his heart sinking, and he trembled and said to Sobachokov, "The General Secretary will not die, right?" Sobachokov shouted to Medvedev with a pale face, "Call the call to notify the Chief of Guard!"
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Not long after, the Chief of Guard Storonov hurried to Brezhnev's bedroom.
Seeing Brezhnev in front of him, he was also stunned and stood there at a loss. Medvedev suggested that Sdoronov call the nurse on duty, but Sdoronov told Medvedev that there was no nurse on duty in the villa!
Medvedev had no choice but to slap Brezhnev and Storonov constantly, trying to awaken the General Secretary. Storonov went to inform the senior Soviet leaders.
About half an hour later, Andropov arrived. After entering the bedroom, Andropov asked Medvedev: "Hey, what's wrong with him?"
Medvedev shook his head: "I think he is dead, what should I do now?" Andropov stood there pale, without answering Medvedev's question.
At this time, Chazov, director of the Fourth General Administration of the Soviet Ministry of Health, arrived with several medical staff. After seeing Brezhnev's appearance, several medical staff took a breath and asked Chazov what to do? Chazov said, "Try to rescue!"
Ten minutes later, Chazov said to Andropov: "We have done everything we can, and I think we can declare the rescue invalid..."
According to Chazov's recollection afterwards, when he rushed to Brezhnev's villa, he found that Brezhnev had been dead for at least a few hours.He asked his medical staff to "rescue" it, just to show off and comfort the people present.
After the rescue failed, Andropov ordered the news of Brezhnev's death to be temporarily blocked, and at the same time, he convened members of the Politburo to attend a meeting at Kremlin .
Since several members were not in Moscow that day, the meeting was not held until evening.
Andropov issued an order at the meeting, ordering the Moscow police and internal security forces to implement a 24-hour day and night patrol system, especially to do a good job in the protection of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Ministers' Meeting Building in the Kremlin.
The meeting was very peaceful, and all members of the Politburo agreed that Andropov would replace Brezhnev. The meeting also established the list of the Brezhnev funeral committee and elected Andropov as the chairman of the funeral committee.
Brek was a US reporter in Moscow at that time. Out of the sensitivity of journalists, he first noticed the abnormality: "On the evening of November 10, Moscow TV cancelled the original music program and played a movie about Lenin.
at 9 pm, the announcers who appeared in the evening news program also changed into black long skirts. People were speculating that an important person had passed away, but no one thought it was Brezhnev.
until 11 am the next day, when the Soviet radio and television stations broadcast the news of Brezhnev's death at the same time."
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As Brezhnev's bodyguard, during the death of Brezhnev, Medvedev had some points that he had not understood.
The entire Soviet senior management knew Brezhnev's health. Why didn't his villa even have a medical room, and even the nurse on duty was not provided?
In his memoir "The Sins of Brezhnev and Gorbachev" , Medvedev pointed out angrily: "This is not negligence, this is a crime!"
Medvedev also has a question: When is the specific time of Brezhnev's death?
Official conclusion of the Soviet Union believed that Brezhnev died at 8:30 pm on November 10, but according to the nurse who gave Brezhnev's wife Petrovna insulin, Brezhnev was still alive when she gave Petrovna insulin because she saw him turn over with her own eyes.
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But Medvedev remembered that Brezhnev told him not long before his death that due to severe insomnia, Andropov had given him a "yellow" pill. After taking this pill, Brezhnev's sleep improved greatly.
But the problem is that it didn't take this pill for long, so Brezhnev died strangely.
After his death, it was Andropov who took over his position.
Although Medvedev has no evidence to prove that this pill is problematic, his suspicion cannot be said to be completely unreasonable, so many people in the Soviet Union supported his views.
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In fact, Medvedev is not the only one who doubted the cause of Brezhnev's death. As early as the 1960s, Brezhnev had encountered a bizarre attempted assassination.
. The Soviet government has been hiding and secretly hiding this incident for decades. People have reason to suspect that the assassination was planned quite naively. The KGB , known for its abilities, could completely prevent the assassination from happening, but the KGB at that time was unprepared. Is this normal?
On January 22, 1969, countless Soviet people were waiting beside the TV, preparing to watch the scene of General Secretary Brezhnev, welcomed the triumphant success of the aerospace heroes.
When the United States and the Soviet Union competed for hegemony, every victory of Soviet astronauts in space travel would become a carnival day for the people of the whole country.
But when people are ready to witness a historic moment, the TV signal suddenly breaks.
1 hour later, the signal was restored, but careful people found that Brezhnev, who was originally hosting the award, did not appear, but instead he received the astronaut who returned to victory by Podgorne. Immediately afterwards, a rumor quickly spread throughout Moscow: Brezhnev was assassinated!
According to a Soviet official present at the time, when the TV signal was interrupted, a young man in a police uniform and holding two pistols rushed out of the crowd and pulled the trigger continuously towards the second car in Brezhnev's convoy.
With several gunshots, the driver of the second car was shot and killed on the spot. Astronaut Nikolayev, who was sitting next to the driver, quickly opened the car door and pushed the driver's body out of the car. He sat in the driver's position, causing the car to make a sharp turn and leave the man's range like a flying.
The man fired a few more shots at the car, and the bullet hit a mount on a motorcycle. The mount on the ground, but his motorcycle still rushed forward due to inertia, just knocking the assassin to the ground.
Until this time, the KGB agent who woke up from his dream rushed forward and pressed the assassin firmly to the ground.
soon, the identity of the assassin was found out. His name was Victor Yiliin, and he was a second lieutenant of the Soviet army stationed in Leningrad .
In fact, Yili had long revealed to a friend his idea of assassinating Brezhnev, and his friend felt that it was of great importance and had reported it to the KGB in Leningrad.
But the KGB did not pay attention to this clue. It was not until Yili left the military camp without authorization for a long time because he carried two military pistols, that he attracted the attention of the KGB.
KGB soon found out that Yiliin had flew from Leningrad to Moscow. At the same time, they also seized a diary at Ilyin's home, which contained a "famous quote" written by the assassin John Booth, who assassinated Lincoln : "I will kill the president, although I hope that my humble self can be linked to his glory, and time will connect us together."
Leningrad's KGB immediately reported this situation to the vice chairman of the KGB and Andropov's confidant Xie Miao Tsvigon.
At this time, there were still more than ten hours before Yiliin took action. The KGB had every time to arrest Yiliin before he took action, but the KGB's performance was quite slow and did not find Yiliin as soon as possible.
After Yiliyin came to Moscow, he found his uncle who was a policeman and wanted to borrow a police uniform.
His reason is that with this police uniform, he can see the heroic astronauts up close.
Yiliin's uncle is very vigilant and does not agree to Yiliin's request. The next morning, Yiliyin stole a police uniform from his uncle, sneaked out of the Kremlin, and sneaked into the police who were performing security tasks.
Yiliin's uncle found that the police uniform was stolen by his nephew and reported to the KGB. Then Zweigong sent someone to find Yiliin's whereabouts.
But I don’t know if it was negligence or intentionality. Zweigon did not tell his subordinate Yiliin that it might be disguised as a policeman, so when the KGB searched, no one noticed Yiliin mixed in the police force.
Fortunately, Brezhnev was not in the second car that day. Ili got the wrong target, so Brezhnev was able to survive.
Medvedev believes that the biggest question in this assassination is that with the KGB's ability, it can completely prevent the assassination from happening, but Zweigong and his men are so careless. What are they thinking?
Obviously, Medvedev does not think that the KGB failed to stop this assassination was a matter of ability, but an attitude issue. There is a lot of articles here! More than 0 years later, Russian "Independent Military Review" published an analysis article, believing that the assassination may be related to Andropov.
But after many years, all the parties involved have passed away, and some files have not been published yet, so this analysis is just a guess.
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Brezhnev's ability is not outstanding. He can succeed Khrushchev to rule. All the members of the entire anti-Khrushchev all believed that Brezhnev's rule would not pose a threat to everyone's power, so they recommended him to the peak of power.
After Brezhnev came to power, he was cautious at first, but after firmly sitting on the throne of General Secretary, he also began to eliminate dissidents and arrange close friends, so that the power would fall into his own hands step by step.
Although he did not use violent methods, those who opposed him were either kicked out of Moscow by him or "retired gloriously". Even Xie Lieping, who supported him the most, was kicked out of politics. Others such as Podgorne, Voronov, Migoyang , etc. quickly disappeared from the Central Presidium and the Politburo.
Brezhnev has been in the country for eighteen years, and the more he goes, the more he becomes more self-inflated and the more he doesn't listen to opposition. Will this arouse some people's vigilance?
Once, when Brezhnev, wearing a brand new marshal's uniform and a medal on his chest, couldn't help but show off proudly and said, "Look, I've been through this day..."
Power can indeed change everything. In 1981, Brezhnev erected a monument to World War II in Kiev. The huge monument was engraved with the names of 12,000 combat heroes.
No one would have thought that Brezhnev's name would rank first, ahead of the name of Stalin . In fact, in World War II , Brezhnev was just an unknown officer!
Brezhnev's death brought a chance to repair Sino-Soviet relations, which are in a state of breakdown.
After Brezhnev's death, China quickly issued a condolence message in the name of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and Ulanfu, then Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress, went to the Soviet Embassy to pay condolences. At the same time, he sent Foreign Minister Huang Hua as a "special envoy" to the Soviet Union to attend Brezhnev's funeral.
Huang Hua After arriving in the Soviet Union, he was treated with the Soviet side with a super specification. Taking this opportunity, the two countries held a formal meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries on November 16, 1982, and Sino-Soviet relations have been completely improved since then.
Reference:
Medvedev: "I used to be the captain of the guard of Brezhnev"
Youth Reference: "Russian magazine disclosed details of Brezhnev's assassination: To this day, the mist is heavy"
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Author: Yanjin
Editor: Mori
