Xu Jiefan was promoted to major general in 1961
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Today, Lantai will introduce to you the family situation of the founding major general Xu Jiefan. He is the stepfather of Lin Biao's eldest daughter Lin Xiaolin's , but his three daughters grew up in the Soviet Union since childhood and became a Soviet nationality. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he also became a member of the Soviet Union after collapsed. All chose Russian nationality.
Therefore, he also became the only founding general among the founding generals whose biological children had all received foreign passports.
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Xu Jiefan was born in 1901 and is from Guzhen County, Anhui Province.
General Xu Jiefan participated in the revolution very early. In 1923, he had joined the Communist Youth League and became a famous revolutionary in Anhui. He was only 22 years old at that time.
1925, 24-year-old Xu Jiefan was admitted to the third phase of Whampoa Military Academy according to the organizational arrangements. After graduating from the military academy, Xu Jiefan entered Guangdong Aviation School and studied in .
He also officially became a member of the Communist Party of China during this period.
1926, due to his outstanding performance, Xu Jiefan was admitted to the Soviet Union to study, and later he entered the Leningrad Red Army Aviation School.
Because Chiang Kai-shek betrayed the revolution, the first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party failed, and Xu Jiefan had to stay in the Soviet Union for a long time. In addition, Xu Jiefan was assigned to the Public Security Anti-Spy Section by the Soviet Internal Affairs Department as a clerk.
Due to the special nature of work, Xu Jiefan not only cut off all contact with his family, but also received his Soviet passport.
1933, Xu Jiefan and his colleague, a Soviet girl, Maldovska, got married.
In September 1934, Xu Jiefan was transferred to the position of the head of the Public Security Section of Vladivostok ( Vladivostok ).
1920s Soviet
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Xu Jiefan wanted to return to China to participate in the War of Resistance, so he submitted his resignation to his superiors and demanded to return to China to fight against the War of Resistance, but the organization did not approve it and arranged for him to stay in the Soviet Union to work.
In May 1943, Xu Jiefan was transferred to a secret agency to serve as a staff officer for China and won the "Medal of Defending Moscow" and the "Medal of the Defense of the National Patriotic War Commemorative Medal".
In March 1948, Xu Jiefan and Maldovska finally returned to their motherland that had been away for 22 years with their three daughters.
1949 Harbin
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At that time, China was in trouble. Although the Soviet Union also suffered a lot of losses in World War II , after all, the Soviet Union's national strength was much stronger than China. In addition, the Soviet Union had ended World War II for three years in 1948. As a result, society is gradually recovering. Whether it is social appearance or material conditions, it is much better than that of New China.
Although Maldovska, as Xu Jiefan's wife, must have loved Xu Jiefan deeply, she really couldn't adapt to domestic life. In addition, she was in poor health at that time, so not long after, Maldovska took him with her. He returned to life in the Soviet Union with his three daughters.
Judging from the current information, Maldovska does love her Chinese husband deeply, but she really can't adapt to domestic life; this is not just the hard living conditions, but the domestic customs and climate environment.
For Xu Jiefan, who had been away from his motherland for more than 20 years, he could finally return to his motherland and serve his motherland. Originally, his purpose of studying in the Soviet Union was to learn from the advanced Soviet technology and return to China to build the country.
In other words, there was a conflict between Xu Jiefan and his wife when they stayed or left.
If you want to say something wrong, neither of you is wrong. Whether you go or stay, there are sufficient reasons.
If nothing unexpected happens, Xu Jiefan and his wife Moldovska will probably end up with the "Lao and Yan fly" step. However, at this time, Moldovska was diagnosed with cancer, and the cancer cells spread. Soon, in 1950, Maldovska died of illness in the Soviet Union.
Xu Jiefan loves his wife Moldovska very much. They have no emotional problems, so the death of Moldovska hit Xu Jiefan a big blow.
Resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea
But at this time, Xu Jiefan participated in the Resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. He was not only the director of the Office of the Volunteer Army Command, but also the Russian translator of General Peng.
Because Xu Jiefan was going to North Korea, no one took care of his three daughters, so Xu Jiefan had to send his three daughters to his mother-in-law and asked his mother-in-law to help him take care of the three children.
In fact, Xu Jiefan's three daughters grew up in the Soviet Union since childhood, and the oldest was about to take the college entrance examination. After they returned to China, they were like their mothers, and they were all uncomfortable.
Xu Jiefan and his second wife Zhang Mei
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wait until Korean War ended. They wanted to bring their three daughters back to China, but found that their daughters had completely adapted to the life of the Soviet Union in the past few years, and their eldest daughters were all I am about to graduate from college, my second daughter has also been admitted to college, and my younger daughter is about to take the college entrance exam.
found that his three daughters were more adapted to the Soviet life than their domestic life. As a father, Xu Jiefan was both relieved and sad; what was relieved was that the three daughters who had lost their mother lived a good life; what was sad was that their own life was The three daughters became "authoritative" Soviet girls.
That's it, Xu Jiefan did not ask his three daughters to return to China with him, but returned to China alone.
After returning to China, he reported the situation to the organization and expressed his understanding.
1956, Xu Jiefan formed a new family with Lin Biao's ex-wife Zhang Mei through an introduction, and Lin Biao's eldest daughter Lin Xiaolin also became Xu Jiefan's stepdaughter.
According to Lin Xiaolin, Xu Jiefan is a very excellent stepfather. Xu Jiefan and Zhang Mei did not have children. They gave all their care and love to Lin Xiaolin.
And Xu Jiefan's three daughters also remained in the Soviet Union and all chose to become Soviet nationality.
After retirement, Lin Xiaolin
In 1961, Xu Jiefan was promoted to armored soldiers major general, becoming one of the few founding major generals who had no military achievements during the Red Army period, the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the War of Liberation. (The state stipulates that anyone who becomes a general before the first military rank is abolished shall be regarded as a founding general)
1981, Xu Jiefan enjoyed the treatment of the army level: the following year, the Central Military Commission approved him to enjoy the treatment of the deputy regiment level.
On April 16, 1983, General Xu Jiefan, who had legendary experience, passed away at the People's Liberation Army General Hospital.
It is very regrettable that although Sino-Soviet relations were eased at that time, the exchanges between the two sides were still restricted, so General Xu Jiefan could not see his three daughters until his death.
When General Xu Jiefan's three daughters came to China to find his father, they found that General Xu Jiefan had been dead for many years.
After paying homage to General Xu Jiefan, all three daughters declined the invitation from their stepmother Zhang Mei to return to China to settle down, and chose to return to Russia to live.
At present, General Xu Jiefan's daughter and their children live in Russia as Russian citizens.
And General Xu Jiefan's stepdaughter Lin Xiaolin has retired and lives in Beijing with his mother Zhang Mei.
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Reference materials:
"The Legendary Life of Major General Xu Jiefan", Yu Jie, "Overview of Party History" 2008.3;
"Xu Jiefan, the pioneer of the Military and Industrial College of New China", Bi Shanfu, "Jianghuai Literature and History" 1995.6
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