I Became Stalin chapter 299

I became Stalin chapter 299

Epilogue 4: World as we did not know

‘Stalingrad travel ticket?’

Perhaps because of this, my friend earlier told me to shoot the chin in celebration. Originally, the Soviet Union used to send free travel for workers’ welfare, but isn’t it worthwhile to travel abroad?

But in another way, the mouth was bitter.

‘I thought I swept it away before I stepped down… .’

Numerous Stalin’s lame names in the USSR, all of which have been reduced to their original names or appropriate historical names.

Stalingrad was one of them. After all, there was no event with great symbolism like the Battle of Stalingrad in this world anyway, and I couldn’t use a reactionary name like ‘Tsaric (City of Tsar)’, so I changed it to Volgograd…

Converting it back to Stalingrad? Somehow, it seemed that Khrushchev had not given up on the habit of flattering, and I regretted that I had not been able to prevent it.

Anyway, let’s read the notice slowly, and there were various things written.

“If you gather your passport and luggage at the Soviet embassy in Korea by 18:00 on June 30th, you will go to Moscow by air… After 3 days free tour in Moscow, go to Stalingrad… .”

Well, I wanted to see how the Soviet Union changed, but would that be the way it was?

Perhaps the statues of Stalin that I removed are standing up again, or the emberized (preserved) Stalin’s body next to Lenin’s Mausoleum will bring tears to my eyes.

But what about June 30?

“Is it today? ruined… .”

Why didn’t I even think of this? Looking at the text history, it seems that there have been several notices before.

I guess I couldn’t remember because my head was in a state of confusion as it is now. I looked at the time and it was 12 o’clock. The Soviet embassy… Can you get there on time?

“after… Let’s run!”

* * *

“Huh, huh, huh… .”

I didn’t know exactly where I was, so I rushed to pack my bags and ran, but the Soviet embassy in Korea was closer than I thought to the school and my living room.

Perhaps because the positions of the Soviet Union and the United States were reversed in this world, the Soviet embassy was located near Gwanghwamun, where the original US embassy should have been. I arrived earlier than expected, so people started to show up one by one as I was waiting inside.

And I could tell that this world was definitely a world close to terrorism when it comes to fashion. Why is everyone wearing something similar to civilian clothes or work clothes?

Of course, that seemed better than spending hundreds of millions of won on fashion and pursuing a bizarrely strange sense of beauty… Anyway, at 6 o’clock, an embassy officer appeared and said hello.

“Hello everyone! I am Vladimir Tikhnov, Consul to the Embassy of the USSR.”

No, what kind of person who looks like a typical Russian can speak Korean so well? With an impeccable intonation, Consul Tikhnov gave some things to be aware of and cautions.

Seeing that people weren’t surprised, it seemed that such a person was more common than I thought. If you look at the memories of this world that is still jumbled up, Korea’s national power is roughly comparable to that of France.

The gap between the Soviet Union and the United States was huge, but it is similar to France, which has effectively emerged as the strongest power in Western Europe thanks to the severe fall of Britain and the division of Germany into three, is it a position comparable to Germany in actual history? Anyway, thanks to that, Korea also seemed to have its own influence.

* * *

While I was traveling to the airport in a comfortable vehicle and flying to Moscow, I kept trying to organize the jumbled memories out of my head.

Then I remembered some of the things I had learned in high school.

‘The Civil War was probably the 8th or the 9th… In South America, Che Guevara’s revolutionary army united divided small countries to form the Bolivar Republic… .’

MacArthur, who plunged American politics into chaos in Blood Tuesday, the Soviet Union seizes world hegemony… . In the end, MacArthur was brought down, but the American political world grew into a fight between the Republican Party responsibility theory and MacArthur’s personal deviance, and the United States was gradually overtaken by the Soviet Union… .

[Our plane is now arriving at the destination Moscow, Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport. Passengers, please wear seat belts in case of impact during landing]

“… already?”

What are you thinking about, have you already arrived? At first glance, looking at the speed displayed on the screen, it was gradually dropping from 2500 km/h.

‘Is this a supersonic passenger plane?’

It was over Mach 2, but I didn’t even notice it except for a little motion sickness in the beginning. Is it because of the rapid development of aeronautical science and technology, or is it because the Soviet Union does not spare money to propagate the system? .

Although it is an ally, it seems that the Soviet Union is doing well, considering that it provides such benefits to people of other countries.

When I looked at my phone again, I could only sigh, but what if, in exchange for fashion or electronics, they made amazing advances in machinery and aviation… At least, thanks to the rise of the Soviet Union as a superpower, it seemed that human science and technology did not decline.

“After you have left your luggage at your accommodation for three days, I will give you time for a free tour. Enjoy your time in Moscow to the fullest!”

Seeing Moscow while riding an airport bus was somehow like a futuristic city from sci-fi. The antique buildings mixed between the flying drones and the flashy electric billboards were unbalanced, but it seemed to show the future image the Soviet Union had pursued.

into the future! into the future! Towards a higher level of the world!

Lenin said that adding electricity to the Soviet Union would make communism, and Marx that the development of productive forces is the driving force of social development… . Material is not the only condition for happiness, but a life of abundance made even those blunt Soviets put a smile on their faces.

Maybe the result I made wasn’t all that negative?

* * *

Where should I go?

‘Ummm… .’

As it turned out, apps existed in this world as well. After searching through the map app in the hotel room, there were some tourist attractions.

“The Kremlin, Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral, the Bolshoi Theatre… Goom Department Store? Well, is this such a tourist attraction?”

I had been in Moscow for 10 years as Stalin, but in fact, there was no need to visit this place as a tourist destination. The Kremlin was close to my house, I never thought of it as a tourist destination. I used to stop by Red Square for events and give speeches next to Lenin’s Mausoleum…

It reminded me of the huge parade to commemorate the victory in the Great Patriotic War. How proud were our elite tank units that occupied Berlin as they marched through the city?

“Then let’s go to Red Square first… .”

Red Square had all the places to visit. First, the Kremlin Wall Cemetery, where the people I knew will be buried, and the Lenin Mausoleum across the street. Also nearby was the GUM department store, the best shopping spot in Moscow.

Khrushchev, Molotov, Zhukov. Will they all be there? The walk to see old comrades was not as light as it was.

‘Did everyone do well?’

I don’t think the Soviet Union I left behind would have been easy to operate. It left a more prosperous and prosperous Soviet Union, but the demands for liberalization and democratization that sprouted from it make it extremely difficult for politicians to run state affairs.

Even if MacArthur had been half-cooked, the competition with the United States, which would still have the national power worthy of a superpower, would have been the same.

Since our accommodation was so close to the center of Moscow, we arrived at Red Square quickly. Just by looking at whether they came from all over the world, people of various races flocked to the square and roamed the square.

“Wow… .”

Here it was just as I remembered it before. If it’s jade and tea, how much is the billboard installed in the GUM department store?

The victorious Soviet army that filled the square, the heroes who led the Great Patriotic War to victory, the mighty Red Army tanks and cannons, and the fighters flying low in the sky… All those images passed me by.

On the other hand, the cemetery under the red wall was crowded with people giving flowers.

“Do you want flowers?”

“Ah! then… Only five songs… .”

The girl selling the basket full of white flowers smiled and handed me six flowers, wrapped in white paper.

“One song is a service. 100 rubles.”

“thank you.”

Also, the most crowded and lavishly decorated graveyard was the graveyard of the Great Patriotic War participants. The era that remains the most vivid in my memory.

“Ah!”

The statues were slightly beautified, but I could recognize them.

I became Stalin chapter 299

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