After World War II, the Soviet Union quickly became another superpower that wrenched the wrist with the United States, and the strength of the Soviet Union was naturally not to say, the Soviet Union was the boss of the Warsaw Pact system at that time. But in 1991, the Soviet Union announced its disintegration, and the then invincible world superpower ceased to exist. So many people now know the Soviet Union, many of which are seen in books, and the books only have the so-called brilliant achievements and cold data of the Soviet Union at that time. There are many vivid examples that can really reflect the strength of the Soviet Union, and this is one of them that I will talk about next. When the Soviet Union was at its strongest, the president of the Soviet Union held a meeting at the United Nations and even dared to take off his shoes and knock on the table, which was enough to show the strength of the Soviet Union.
In 1961, at the United Nations General Assembly, the leader of the Soviet Union at the time was Khrushchev, who led a huge delegation to the United Nations for meetings. It was supposed to be a meeting of peace, and everyone came to discuss world peace. However, after the formation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact at that time, it was divided into two camps. The West occupies the vast majority, while the socialist countries represented by the Warsaw Pact occupy only a minority.
It should be known that the previous leader Stalin advocated the policy of Taoguang and obscurity, he mainly vigorously developed at home, Stalin did not care about external affairs at all, while Khrushchev took a different path, and what Khrushchev wanted was for the Soviet Union to speak in the world. So at that time in the Khrushchev era of the Soviet Union, the contradictions between the Soviet Union and other countries in the world were getting bigger and bigger, and on the surface they were only contradictions between the Soviet Union and the United States, but in fact it was the Soviet Union's struggle against the entire Western society. Therefore, the Spanish foreign ministers of the Western world spoke with a sense of criticism of the Soviet Union, and the American delegation vigorously denigrated the Soviet Union at the meeting in order to strike at the socialist camp.
At that time, Spain had become a small country, and in World War II, Spain supported Germany, but then was not sanctioned by Western society, so Spain was very grateful to the Western powers, and it was even more grateful to the United States, as long as it was the instructions of the United States, Spain would definitely obey. So much so that at that time, the Spanish foreign minister began to spray the Soviet Union directly when he came to power, and the Spanish side said that the Soviet system was backward, but in fact, the whole society was regressing. When it comes to the leaders of the Soviet Union, they are judged to be incompetent, and they classify the Soviets as bandits, and the formation of the Warsaw Pact state is also a thing that is behind the times.
At that time, the scene was very chaotic, and the language used in the West was very heavy, even to the point of pointing at the nose and cursing. At that time Khrushchev was sitting below, and his eyes were green. So after Khrushchev's turn came to power, Khrushchev began to fight back. Vigorously criticize the West, criticize Spain, criticize the United States, and the language is very sharp, and Khrushchev also uses all kinds of dirty words. However, the Western countries in the audience were also instigated by the remarks of the Spanish foreign minister, and the scene was really chaotic, and both camps had the posture of fighting.
To this end, when Khrushchev said that when he was most excited, he directly took off his shoes and kept banging on the United Nations table. Criticize while tapping. That posture is really a bit of a shrew scolding the street posture. After that, he kept waving the leather shoes in his hands in the direction of the Spanish foreign minister, warning the Spanish foreign minister to pay attention to his words and deeds. This scene was captured and published by the reporters present, and the world was very shocked, until now when it comes to this matter, countless people are amazed that the leader of a country is so reckless and unqualified. For this, the Soviet Union was fined $1 million by the U.S.-led United Nations.
Although this is ridiculous, from this small thing, we can see how strong the Soviet Union really is! A country that dares to be rude, tough, and arrogant in the United Nations is not something that ordinary countries can do, just like the United States now, and it does not dare to do so easily. And dare to play in front of the world, behind this is to have a strong comprehensive national strength and self-confidence.
It does sound a little absurd about this now, but it is from such a small thing that we can see how powerful the Soviet Union really is. The fact that a country's leader dares to be so reckless at the United Nations is not something that ordinary countries dare to do, and even the United States does not dare to do such a thing at a United Nations conference now. At that time, the Soviet Union dared to play a cruel game in front of the world, which was enough to see the strong comprehensive strength of the Soviet Union and the self-confidence of solipsism.
Many experts commented that the Soviet Union had reached the peak of its national strength at that time, and even if the Soviet Union was allowed to confront the entire Western world, the Soviet Union was not expected to be weak. Many people say that this is a sign that the Soviet Union became a superpower in the world. And this move also happens to cater to the nature of the Russian nation fighting nation, the rigid personality.
After this incident, although the Soviet Union was fined, the Soviet Union began to truly establish its own prestige in the world. Many countries in the world have a new understanding of the Soviet Union and dare not fight with the Soviet Union. Because of this "leather shoe incident", Khrushchev made himself loved by thousands of people in the Soviet Union, and countless Soviets regarded Khrushchev as a hero.
This incident is very much in line with the toughness and unscrupulousness of the Soviet people in their bones, and everyone must not underestimate this incident, because this incident is much more important than the vigorous development of the Soviet Union in other fields. The numerical growth in other areas is less influential than Khrushchev's leather shoes.