"A arms race..." Shelov sighed behind the follower Xie Lieping and his party.

"Azerbaijan's caviar is first-class in the world!" Serov said vaguely. Sherov just had something fresh and had never tried before. He always felt indescribable for the first time. Fortunately, he had made up for local knowledge these days, otherwise it would have been revealed.

"Yes, we may not be able to taste all the delicious foods of our motherland in our lifetime!" Although Xie Lieping is of high status and power, he cannot always eat such authentic caviar, so he naturally does not hesitate to praise him.

In general, when it comes to the reception of Xie Lieping and his group, Selov thought that he was very proper. Although he was a little cautious, he couldn't blame him for this. Everyone knows that Xie Lieping is famous for being strong and unreasonable, and Selov knows Xie Lieping's future trajectory better than others, and cannot remain calm with this person who almost controls the Soviet Union.

"To be honest, I like this young man very much!" For Xie Lieping, the entire Soviet Union had almost no secrets to him, and it was even easier to find information about Xie Luof. "My parents passed away in the war and entered the Red Army at the age of 18, but the war was over in two months of joining the army! Then they entered the local area to work, very young. Judging from the experience of Azerbaijan this time, it was pretty good, but none of these matters. What is important is that I think he has talent, and he has talent!"

Xie Lieping ended with an extremely domineering sentence, and he was not worried that his words would be heard by those who were interested.

Because the two people next to him, Nikola Yegorechev and Nikola Meshatev were both friends of Sherepin, their relationship could even be pursued into World War II and was continuously consolidated in the days that followed.

"So, you found a few young cadres when you went out for inspection this time? The harvest was good?" Yegorechev closed the book in his hand, and said word by word, and said very seriously, "Alexander, this period is a bit abnormal. You should not be too high-profile. You don't always show your sharpness!"

"Yegorechev said it well!" Meshatev nodded and said, "The KGB is investigating this time, and I don't know how many people are unlucky!"

"A bunch of bastards who have nothing to do when they are full!" The contempt in Xie Lieping's mouth was obvious, "A group of unscrupulous tools, who have no idea what is right and what is wrong, can only become a knife..."

However, Xie Lieping still listened to the words of his two old friends. Although the KGB was a knife, no one knew who the person holding the knife was going to chop?

After Xie Lieping left, he left a task. Shelov happily accepted the order. The students of the National Petroleum University may become unexpected help in the future. In the memory of his previous life, the more dependent the Soviet Union became on oil in the later stages. Therefore, whether it is to prepare for the future or take a ride, Shelov must also pay attention to these young students who may work in the energy system in the future.

Since the 1950s, Soviet oil and gas exports have gradually increased. Oil exports have increased from 300,000 tons in 1950 to 17.83 million tons in 1960. The large amount of oil exports of the Soviet Union is at a favorable opportunity for the rise in world oil prices. Its fuel and petroleum products exports have increased from 170 million tons in 1970 to 447 million tons in 1988.

Among them, oil is 205 million tons and natural gas is 88 billion cubic meters. Oil has become a bulk product exported by the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union accounts for about 10% of the global crude oil market. If all oil products are included, it will be 12%.

The status of natural gas in the Soviet energy balance continued to rise. Before 1960, Soviet natural gas mining and consumption accounted for about 8% of its total fuel mining and consumption. This proportion reached 18% to 19% in the 1960s. By the end of the 1980s, the Soviet Union's unified gas supply system provided more than 40% of Soviet fuel consumption, ensuring most of the fuel consumption in Eastern European countries and many Western European countries.

If these people who serve the Soviet energy industry can be in control by Selov, it can be said that Selov will soon become the number one figure in the Soviet Union. Now, the second Baku is under development, and the Tyumen Oilfield, known as the third Baku, has no shadow. The students of the National Petroleum University in Baku are very important. Perhaps students in recent years will become a group of people who will master the lifeline of the Soviet energy in the future.

In Moscow, everything seems to be no different from usual, and all departments and institutions are continuing in an orderly manner. The fourth five-year plan has been completed, and the results of the implementation of the five-year plan for the restoration of the national economy exceeded everyone's expectations: in the shortest time, at the cost of incredible efforts, the Soviet Union not only cured the serious war trauma and achieved the recovery of the national economy; but also its economic strength has been greatly enhanced compared with before the war. It has reached about 40% of the United States, ranking second in the world.

The fifth five-year plan for the Soviet Union to develop the national economy stipulates that by 1955, the industrial production level would increase by about 70% compared with 1950, the production of means of production increased by about 80%, and the production of consumer goods increased by about 60%. It seemed that everything was developing in a good direction. In fact, the entire Soviet Union would also think so at this time, except for Selov.

At 6:30 pm on March 1, 1953, Stalin fell due to a stroke. When he was finally found, he was sitting in a blanket wearing pajamas and a vest and snoring. Stalin's assistant initially thought he was just drunk, but then found that he might have fallen into a coma.

The Soviet Union announced eight days of silence across the country, and all departments, departments and factories stopped working. Retired officers put on their original military uniforms, as if they were facing a great enemy and returned to the Patriotic War. Stalin lay in the cylindrical hall of the Trade Union Building, and a few kilometers of teams winded in the streets and alleys of Moscow. People slowly moved towards Pushkin Street, and the army and trucks barely maintained order.

The United States regards Stalin's death as a rare opportunity. After more than a month of in-depth discussion and repeated revisions, the US government finalized a psychological strategic plan and used tools such as ** and Free Europe Radio to conduct propaganda wars against the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and other countries. Eisenhower delivered a speech claiming that "an era has ended with the death of Joseph Stalin." The United States is ready to work for peace with all countries that are sincerely committed to peace. He asked "What is the Soviet Union going to do?" On June 1, 1953, a commotion against monetary reform occurred in Czechoslovakia. Free Europe Radio immediately emphasized that the Soviet regime was weak after Stalin's death, and encouraged the Czech army to be loyal to the people rather than the Prague government.

From March 7 to 9, China, which is thousands of miles away, lowered the flag to mourn the country; all industrial, mining, enterprises, troops, institutions, schools and people's organizations across the country will stop banquets and entertainment activities.

Stalin's sudden death was not a blow to China. At that time, China, North Korea and the United States were struggling to confront each other on the issue of arbitrage. The Soviet Union's attitude was crucial. In August 1952, the United States agreed to repatriate 83,000 prisoners of war, including 76,000 Korean prisoners of war, and only 6,400 Chinese prisoners of war, less than one-third of the total number of Chinese prisoners of war. Kim Il-sung intends to make concessions, and China insists on the US to repatriate all prisoners of war. Stalin gave China support and clearly stated: "We must be tough on the United States. Chinese comrades must understand that if the United States does not lose this war, then China will never be able to recover it.

Taiwan." As soon as Stalin passed away, the Soviet government sent a letter to the Chinese and North Korean leaders, proposing that from the interests of the three countries, North Korea and the Soviet Union, it should show a "active spirit" in stopping the war. In the end, China only received 7,110 prisoners of war, and 14,000 volunteer prisoners of war were "refuse to be repatriated". The Chinese leaders felt very regretful that they believed that if they fought for a while, they could strive to end the war under more favorable conditions. US Army General Clark admitted that by July 1953, "the volunteer army had greatly improved its logistics, air defense and firepower conditions."

On March 9, Moscow was still in winter, with scattered snowflakes floating. The Chinese Prime Minister first went to the Trade Union Building to protect the spirits at 8 o'clock, and the rest of the Chinese delegation went to Red Square to attend the funeral at 9 o'clock. It can be seen that the Chinese Prime Minister was at the forefront of the funeral procession, side by side with Beria, Malenkov and Khrushchev.

On the first day after Stalin left, the wet and cold wind thrust the bones, urging people's skin. Life in the city came to a halt. Not only Moscow, but the whole country canceled concerts, drama performances and conferences. Yesterday, the colorful advertising columns and newspaper reading columns were snow-white: large pieces of white paper were covered at night. The nationwide mourning was not pretending, not because of orders, but because of real. It seemed that the whole country was so sad that it could not extricate itself.

The same is true for Baku, thousands of miles away. Selov swore that he never knew that the land was vast and sparsely populated. There were so many people in the Soviet Union, less than ten years after a world war. Newspapers from all over the country reported the news of Stalin's death in full pages, and the whole Baku seemed to be in an eternal silence instantly, and people were like walking corpses. Not far from Azerbaijan, the newspapers published in the newspaper that thousands of people had set off for Moscow in Stalin's hometown.

Who would know that decades later, the Georgians would almost hate Stalin to the core, and they didn't even know that Stalin was a Georgian, not a Russian. Of course, even if they knew, they would choose to forget.

It seemed that everything had stopped. Everything was surrounding Stalin, carrying out various commemorative activities. At first, Selov tried to watch coldly, but gradually this atmosphere immediately infected him, as if he had been assimilated.
Chapter completed!