It is Kokang and Changchun

　Socially and culturally, the Communist Party of Ukraine first held a conference to discuss several historical issues since Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union, compiling them into a red-headed document and defining them. This is similar to what was done after the Soviet Union's restoration.

　Second, the Communist Party of Ukraine attaches great importance to the cultural heritage of the Soviet era. It strengthens the protection of existing heritage, takes inventory of cultural heritage damaged since Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union, and prepares for restoration work.

　Third, the political and history textbooks that have been distorted beyond recognition by the bourgeois government

　, as well as political history books on the market that were anti-Soviet and smeared socialism, the Communist Party of Ukraine began to correct these poisonous weeds and, on the basis of facing up to history, strengthened education in Marxism-Leninism and socialist ideology.

　Fourth, regarding veterans of the Soviet era, local Communist Party organizations in Ukraine, along with other social groups that recognize history, will form special delegations to visit these veterans. The Communist Party of Ukraine Central Committee will convene a meeting to discuss legislative measures to protect the rights of these veterans.

　Fifth, we must strengthen national equality and unity. The Communist Party of Ukraine believes that the outcomes of the Luhansk and Donetsk incidents are entirely the product of the Ukrainian bourgeois government's own actions and attitudes. If it had not condoned extreme nationalism, the current situation would not have occurred.

　When the Soviet delegation came to inspect the work of the Communist Party of Ukraine over the past month, they gave a generally good evaluation, especially praising the harsh crackdown on extreme nationalism and national chauvinism.

　On the same day that the delegations reported to the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union convened representatives of the Communist Party of Ukraine, the Luhansk and Donetsk governments to discuss whether to return to Ukraine.

　Representatives of the Soviet Union and Luton made a guarantee: If the current Ukrainian government still fails to do a good job in ethnic work in the future, if necessary, just call us (the Soviet Union) to help you, and the Soviet Union will interfere in Ukraine’s internal affairs in Luton.

　With the Soviet Union's backstop, the Luton representatives finally felt relieved. For the Luton government, the Soviet Union/Russia was a genuine help in times of trouble; otherwise, they wouldn't have sent troops to Ukraine or helped the people of Mariupol rebuild their homes.

　After three days of discussions, Luhansk and Donetsk returned to Ukrainian jurisdiction, but after the return, Luhansk and Donetsk were autonomous republics, not the original states.

　As Soviet Ukraine gradually gained a foothold through reforms and struggles, Soviet Russia, Soviet Belarus, and Soviet Ukraine jointly discussed matters related to reconstruction.

　After the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, it was replaced by the so-called "Commonwealth of Independent States". The existence of this organization cannot be said to be in name only, but it can also be said to be an "Akarin" organization that is dispensable.

　Therefore, the first thing the meeting did was to decide without reservation to dissolve the CIS, and then to establish the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics based on the Russian-Belarusian Union and absorb Ukraine to replace it.

　So, what exactly should the newly established Union of Soviet Socialist Republics be like?

　The leaders of the three countries held a collective discussion and unanimously agreed that food should be eaten bite by bite, and taking too big steps would hurt one's balls.

　If it were just Russia and Belarus, even a one-step return to the level of integration of the former Soviet Union wouldn't be a problem. But now that Ukraine is involved, the possibility of absorbing Kazakhstan and former republican states must be considered in the future.

　Due to the historical ethnic conflicts between these countries and the Soviet Union, as well as the ethnic views of their current people, the Soviet Union believes that the degree of integration of the new Soviet Union should be lower than that of the former Soviet Union.

　The Soviet proposal was agreed upon by both the Soviet Union and Belarus, and by the Soviet Union and Ukraine, especially by the Soviet Union and Ukraine. After discussion, it was decided to draw lessons from the 1924 and 1936 Soviet Constitutions, incorporating them into current realities, to establish a new Soviet Union and to formulate a new Soviet Constitution based on them.

　On August 24, the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union, Ukraine, and the Soviet Union and Belarus convened their own national Soviet representatives and held the Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian Soviet Congress at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

　The meeting adopted the Declaration on the Reconstruction of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Union Treaty, officially announcing the liberation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

　The representatives who participated in the founding meeting of the new Soviet Union became the representatives of the first Soviet of the new Soviet Supreme Soviet.

　According to the official statement of the new Soviet Union, these people should be representatives of the 13th Supreme Soviet; the previous 12 were from the former Soviet era. The new Soviet Union did this as part of its commitment to inheriting the legal principles of the former Soviet Union.

　After the liberation of the Soviet Union, a number of leaders of member states and the Soviet Union, including Zyuganov, Aurora, Lukashenko, Simonenko, Putin, etc., personally participated in the drafting of the Soviet Constitution.

　The 2023 draft Soviet Constitution stipulates that the Union Republic is a sovereign state and can independently exercise its own state power within the scope of the Soviet Constitution.

　It confirmed the fact that the Soviet republics were united into a unified union state and stipulated the principles of voluntary and equal accession to the Soviet Union.

　The most significant difference from the 1924 Constitution is that the 2023 draft stipulates that once a member state joins the Soviet Union, it cannot withdraw without authorization. Withdrawal requires the consent of a majority of the member states and a two-thirds majority vote of the All-Union Supreme Soviet Congress. Both conditions are essential.

　The previous Soviet constitutions, whether in 1924, 1936 or 1977, allowed member states to withdraw from the union freely.

　It would be fine if the alliance continued to prosper, but if there were temporary difficulties in the domestic economy, coupled with the sugar-coated bullets of the external capitalist world, it would easily lead to the member states being willing to share the good times but not the bad times, and thus quickly disintegrate.

　Why did the former Soviet Union fall apart in just a few years under Gorbachev's reforms? One of the important reasons is closely related to the freedom of withdrawal of member states from the constitution.

　To put it bluntly, this regulation had too low a tolerance rate, which led to the Soviet Union's disintegration too quickly. It had no time to stop itself and fell headfirst into the abyss of the capitalist political and economic system.

　Communist parties around the world generally do not allow members to withdraw from the party without authorization; this must be discussed in detail by the branch. Why should national alliances be free to enter and exit? Do they treat it like a public toilet?

　In addition, in terms of military, the 2023 version of the Soviet Constitution stipulates that the armies of each member state are part of the Soviet armed forces. The general name of the member state army is the Soviet Red Army, and the sub-name is the name of the member state + front, such as the Soviet Red Army Soviet Russian Front.

　The ruling parties of each member state should establish a Central Military Commission to establish the party's leadership over the military, which should be responsible for organizing, building, training, and exercising its own military under the major policies of the Soviet Ministry of Defense.

　The operational command of the armed forces of each member state was vested in the Soviet Ministry of Defense. In peacetime, any strategic maneuvers necessary must be approved by the Soviet Ministry of Defense. Member states had no right to mobilize their forces without the consent of the Soviet Ministry of Defense.

　A military attack by any country or organization against any Soviet republic would be considered an attack against all republics and the entire Union.

　Simply put, the new Soviet Union was a system where the member states (local governments) would manage construction, while the central government (central government) would manage warfare. One would be responsible for daily construction, while the other would be responsible for mobilizing troops for combat.

　To ensure the Party's absolute leadership over the military, the Communist Parties of the three republics came together to form the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party, drawn from their own Central Committee Standing Committees and Politburo members. The Soviet Ministry of Defense was under the leadership of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party and was accountable to it.

　In fact, the All-Union Communist Party is not a Communist Party in the true sense, but a union of the central committees of the Communist Parties of the member countries at the alliance level.

　The Soviet Union's return to power sparked a massive left-wing celebration both domestically and internationally. After the four Anshan sisters learned of the Soviet Union's return, they celebrated by going out for a barbecue.

　When Jinan heard that Anshan and her friends were going to have a barbecue, she, as a foodie, thought it would be unreasonable not to join in the fun. At the barbecue restaurant, Jinan held a piece of bone-in meat in her right hand and a green can of Tsingtao beer in her left, eating and drinking happily.

　After eating and drinking to their heart's content, they returned home. Before Jinan entered, Changchun stopped her and said, "Comrade Jinan, you know how you looked just now, eating and drinking so much? Aside from your clothes, you looked exactly like her, right down to your spirit."

　Jinan pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Ah, you mean it looks a lot like my 'Bihe Huan Furong' character illustration from the game? Isn't that natural? What's wrong, Senior Changchun?"

　"In the game, it must be severely damaged before it can appear, but in reality, you appeared in that scene but there was no severe damage. So, Comrade Jinan, don't you think something is missing?" Changchun tilted his head, and his smile became more intriguing.

　"What?" Jinan just asked why, then suddenly realized, "Ah, I know..."

　Before Jinan could finish, Changchun's two hands, like seamless loaches, quickly grabbed Jinan's plump heart and began to rub it, and added in an increasingly charming voice:

　"Of course the missing one is the Big Damage. How can a Big Damage illustration appear before a Big Damage illustration? Since the Big Damage illustration appears first, then the Big Damage must be repaired. It's the same as having to pay back for overspending. Let's go to my house and repair the Big Damage."

　"I knew it... Never mind, let's just patch up the big damage..." Jinan was ashamed of Changchun's twisted logic. However, she did not resist Changchun's actions. After all, Changchun's technique was really comfortable!

　Tonight, strange noises were heard again in Changchun's room. Two puddles of sticky, transparent, unknown liquid appeared on the floor, and two large glass bowls filled with milky white liquid appeared on the desk.

　Chapter 336 Transport Frenzy 2: Soviet DLC

　In addition to political and military regulations, the new Soviet Union was also busy on the economic level. Some economic powers were in the hands of the Union Government, such as the right to issue currency, which was vested in the re-established State Bank of the Soviet Union.

　The new Soviet Union is preparing for monetary integration, restoring the Soviet ruble and stopping the use of internal currencies of member states, just as the European Union is implementing the euro.

　Due to the actual economic situation, the new Soviet Union did not use the currency layout and denominations of the previous Soviet Union, but instead hired someone to redesign the currency layout.

　The new currency layout is mainly based on the 1991 version of the Soviet ruble, so that the portrait of Mentor Lenin and the Soviet national emblem have returned to their rightful places.

　As for the denomination, it will be in Belarusian rubles. This is because the Belarusian ruble is the most valuable currency among all the member states, even more valuable than the Chinese Yuan. (In the real plane, as of September 6, 2023, 1 Belarusian ruble = 38.3386 Russian rubles = 14.6327 Ukrainian hryvnia)

　Monetary integration was the foundation of economic integration. The new Soviet Union also decided to continuously promote economic integration among its member states and build a unified market.

　The goal of the unified market is to gradually eliminate various economic barriers between member states, including physical barriers (customs checkpoints, border crossing procedures, health and quarantine standards, etc.), technical barriers (regulations, technical standards) and financial barriers (differences in tax types and tax rates), and ultimately achieve unimpeded flow of materials, personnel and capital.

　After some tossing and turning, all aspects of the new Soviet Union have been settled. In the future, we just have to wait for these things to be gradually and concretely implemented, as well as for the coordination between the governments and the people of the member states.

　Among the current member states, Ukraine is the one that needs the most work. Some political and economic experts pointed out that it is fortunate that the war between Russia and Ukraine did not last too long, otherwise Ukraine’s future would be very uncertain.

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　Even if a ceasefire and peace talks were to be reached between Russia and Ukraine, or even if Ukraine ultimately won, the domestic economy and society would be in shambles, including but not limited to labor shortages, brain drain, financial difficulties, dilapidated industrial infrastructure, post-war reconstruction, and the need to repay a mountain of aid debts from Europe and the United States.

　Precisely because Ukraine voted early and Russia reshuffled its political landscape, these problems were largely mitigated in a timely manner. This is especially true of the last point: it no longer has to repay aid debts owed to European and American countries.

　Therefore, as long as the Communist Party of Ukraine works hard and with appropriate help from the Soviet Union and Belarus, Ukraine still has hope. Remember, during the Soviet era, the Soviet Union subjectively did not treat Ukraine unfairly and gave Ukraine more than it did to the Soviet Union.

　After the establishment of the Soviet Union, as the main country of the Soviet Union, Russia had to take the lead in internal construction. Suddenly, with families to support, the burden on them became much heavier.

　It wasn't just the Soviet Union; Aurora was also under increasing pressure. She was now not only the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, but also the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (President of the USSR).

　It costs money to help Ukraine, to pay public finances to the union, to build the domestic economy, to carry out high-tech research, to replicate ships... It costs money for this and that, and it's almost giving the Soviet goddess of dawn (Aurora) a headache.

　If the Soviet Union did not have enough oil, gas and mineral resources to sell, Aurora would have to seriously consider the possibility of making quick money through land finance.

　In terms of economic development, Aurora is well aware that to get rich, one must first build roads. However, it is not that the Russians do not want to have a well-connected highway network, nor is it that they do not have the money, but rather the limitations of the natural geographical environment.

　Russia is located in a high-latitude region, and the permafrost area of ​​the entire country accounts for more than 60% of the total area. When summer comes, the permafrost in some areas with lower latitudes will melt, and the land base will collapse. Some places will even sink several meters and become swamps. Even the best roads will face the risk of sinking and collapse.

　In winter, temperatures in some places can drop to over 50 degrees Celsius below zero, making cement or asphalt roads easily damaged by freezing. With a geographical structure like Russia's, building highways is much more difficult than in other countries, and there are no technical standards to refer to.

　Due to Russia's geographical environment, the cost of building highways is much higher than in other countries. It costs hundreds of millions or even millions of RMB per kilometer to build a highway. This is a huge burden for Russia, which has a tight economy, and also a huge challenge technically.

　Finally, Russia has a low population density. During the Soviet era, western Russia had a well-developed network of first-class highways that fully met the needs of the people. Therefore, building highways is not an urgent need for Russia.

　Even if highways were to be built, given the current state of the Soviet Union, they could only be deployed in parts of Europe. The population density in parts of Asia is so high that you might not even see a single person after a full day of driving. There are no-man's lands everywhere, and many areas are tundra, so there's basically no need for highways.

　Even if huge amounts of money are spent on construction, the utilization rate will be very low, and no economic benefits will be generated at all. There may even be huge losses, which will not be worth the cost.

　The purpose of infrastructure construction is to facilitate the flow of people and materials and drive economic development along the route. If this economic boost is not achieved, and even the cost of highway construction cannot be recovered, then even China, a construction enthusiast, would be unwilling to take on such a lucrative project.

　In 2019, the M11 highway from Moscow to St. Petersburg was completed and opened to traffic. This marked the official opening of Russia's first highway since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

　As for the second Moscow-Volgograd highway, it is still under construction. It was once stopped due to the civil war after the division of Russia. Fortunately, it resumed after the victory of the Soviet Union.

　In view of the above situation, Aurora's current highway network planning only intends to connect the first-tier cities of each member country with highways.

　The main node cities connected are Moscow, Leningrad, Stalingrad, Kazan, Sverdlovsk (formerly Yekaterinburg), Minsk, Kiev and Kharkiv.

　As for the infrastructure in Siberia and the Far East, due to labor shortages, they have cooperated with China and partially outsourced the construction to China.

　In these areas, the Soviet side was responsible for hardening the dirt roads and paving them into mud-bound gravel surfaces, while the Chinese side was responsible for repairing, expanding, or building new hardened roads.

　Compared to its roads, Soviet Russia's railways are less shameful. Since modern times, railways have been the backbone of Russian transportation. Whether in terms of locomotive technology or operating mileage, Russian Railways is not considered backward in the world, of course, excluding high-speed rail.

　The biggest problems in the development of Russia's high-speed rail are the EMUs and the railways.

　The only Soviet and Russian high-speed EMU that can be put on the table is the Peregrine EMU, which was introduced more than ten years ago based on the German ICE3. The Peregrine EMU is now somewhat outdated.

　As for the earlier ER200 EMUs from the Soviet era, that thing is already an outdated design from the 1970s. Although it has a top speed of 210km/h, because it shares the same line with conventional railways, the actual average operating speed is only

　140km/h.

　These old trains were all retired in 2009. Pulling them out now is just like Japan bringing back the Shinkansen 0 series EMUs. This will only make people laugh and make it seem like the Soviet railways have run out of tricks.

　In 1992, Russia developed its own ES250 "Eagle" EMU. In 1993, the Russian Ministry of Transport approved the formal acceptance test outline and schedule for the vehicle.

　In the same year, the maximum test speed of the "Eagle" EMU reached 237km/h between Doroshikha Station and Likuslavl Station.

　Although most of the vehicle's performance indicators have met the design requirements, there are still some obvious design defects. The safety, reliability and maintainability of some equipment are not ideal and need further improvement.

　After more than a year of improvements and adjustments, the Russian Ministry of Transport concluded that the vehicle's performance and technology still fell short of safety requirements. By 2002, Russia decided to abandon the development of the ES250 EMU.

　Ten years later, the Eagle never saw its day of operation. After years of being stored away, it was handed over to the Railway Museum in 2012, the next decade after that.

　It can be said that her fate is the same as that of China's "China Star" EMU of about the same period. It had to be put into cold storage due to a large number of difficult-to-solve reliability problems.

　Since Russia's development of high-speed rail locomotives was so similar to China's, it shouldn't be a big deal whether they could learn from it. So Aurora thought so, and she copied the general outline of China's high-speed rail technology development and formulated the Soviet high-speed rail development plan.

　The lesson that the China Star EMU train teaches China is that developing in isolation is not enough to catch up with the world. Only by introducing technology with the help of the market can China overtake others. At the same time, it must innovate and digest and absorb independently. Otherwise, it will only lead to a vicious cycle of introduction, backwardness, re-introduction, and backwardness again.

　Aurora fully agreed with this idea.

　The negotiation process between China and the four major rail vehicle giants, Siemens, Alstom, Bombardier and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, is a classic story that is widely circulated in the industry.

　Among them, the various bold moves of Liu Kuayue, the then Minister of Railways, helped us seize the initiative in the negotiations, and eventually made the four giants willing to fight and agree to transfer a complete set of high-speed rail technology to China.

　It is no exaggeration to say that if Minister Liu had not been corrupt, his contribution to the history of railway development in New China would definitely be enough to be recorded in history, written about in great detail, and inspire future railway workers.

　However, Liu's biggest trump card behind all these daring moves was the sheer size of the Chinese market. With its massive population, vast territory, and aggressive railway construction plans, China was the largest buyer of high-speed rail at the time. The allure of this pie was simply irresistible to investors.

　You should know that in 2001, the total mileage of the three major high-speed rail companies, France, Germany and Japan, was only 6500 kilometers, which was only half of the planned mileage of China's high-speed rail at that time. Therefore, the four giants at that time were facing an unprecedentedly large cake.

　Since Russia doesn't have the huge market potential of China, and China has fallen into a trap once, it will definitely be on guard. Therefore, even if Russia wants to replicate Liu Yueyue's trick, it will be difficult to do so.

　Fortunately, the Soviet Union now has a reliable partner - China. Doing business with class friends is always better than begging for food from those Western capitalist countries.

　Besides, the current outlook for Japan's revolutionary progress is very good, and we can then ask Japan for high-speed rail technology as one of the equivalent exchanges for aid. Combining the high-speed rail technologies of China, Japan and Germany, Aurora believes that the Soviet Union will definitely catch up with the world's advanced level in the field of high-speed rail locomotive technology in a short period of time.

　Regarding high-speed rail, Russia has been experiencing a "train-less road" situation since the Soviet era. That is, while there are EMU trains, they have few or no dedicated high-speed routes, and most trains run alongside conventional trains.

　This results in the failure to bring out the fundamental advantage of high-speed rail, which is high speed. At best, it is equivalent to a luxurious non-smoking version of a conventional train with an electric locomotive.

　Therefore, in order to fully utilize the fundamental advantages of high-speed rail, it is necessary to widely roll out dedicated high-speed rail lines. Fortunately, the Soviet Union did not have any technical bottlenecks in this regard, and the only thing it needed was a small amount of money.

　Due to the tradition of the Soviet/Russian transportation industry, Aurora was obviously more interested in the development of railways than highways. She began to bring in comrades from the Railway Bureau of the Ministry of Transport and elaborated in detail on the grand blueprint of the Soviet version of "leapfrog development of railways."

　Upon hearing this, the comrades from the Railway Bureau were stunned by Aurora's radical and grand ambitions and advised, "Comrade Aurora, your idea is good, but the annual financial allocation from the central government, as well as other revenue sources such as passenger and freight tickets, fluctuate within a stable range.

　We've roughly calculated that even with the highest funding and the highest railway operating revenue, we still wouldn't be able to achieve our goals within the planned timeframe. If the central government wants to allocate more funds to us, we'd be grateful, but wouldn't that affect funding for other departments and areas?

　Aurora smiled but said nothing. She looked around and spoke after a moment. "So, comrades, we should be bold in exploring new ways to develop our economy. Why must we rely solely on central government funding?"

　We need to learn to diversify financing and mobilize local and social forces, such as pulling in localities along the planning route.

　The government, the governments of the Soviet republics, and relevant social enterprises will form a partnership. Whoever can raise the funds will get first crack at building the high-speed rail on their territory. Of course, the central government must contribute at least half, with the remaining share going to local governments and enterprises.

　Local governments don't have the same wealth as the central government, let alone private enterprises. If you ask them to contribute the lion's share, they'll feel you're taking advantage of them. More importantly, only with a significant government investment, especially from the central government, can the railways remain in state hands.

　Don't worry about local governments disagreeing. There's a saying that goes, "The sound of a high-speed train is worth a fortune." This is common sense, and local governments certainly don't understand it. Of course, they won't want to be left behind. Who wouldn't want to be a city with a high-speed rail line?