In October 1964, Khrushchev went on vacation to Crimea, the most popular holiday center for Soviet leaders, with beautiful scenery, pleasant climate, and luxurious facilities. Gorbachev once built a luxury villa here.
Before Khrushchev went on vacation, he was awarded a medal by Brezhnev, who believed that his power was secured and had no worries. But while on vacation, he suddenly received a notice from Moscow asking him to attend a meeting. From the moment he boarded the plane, Khrushchev felt that the situation was not good, the guards around him were replaced, and the chairman of the KGB personally came to pick him up.
When Khrushchev entered the meeting, the theme of the meeting was him, which was the scene that Khrushchev was most familiar with, and he also encountered Malenkov and others who were blackmailing him at the meeting, but later he saved himself in the form of a plenary session. But Khrushchev did not pass this time. Since the person presiding over the meeting was Brezhnev, the participants took turns to speak, and it was necessary to point out Khrushchev's deficiencies, and even Khrushchev's training had to be accused of Khrushchev's deficiencies at the meeting in accordance with the requirements of Brezhnev and others.
Due to the large number of speakers at the meeting, the first day was not finished, and the next day was held. After the meeting the next day, in the evening Khrushchev received a phone call from Mikoyan, in which Mikoyan asked Khrushchev about his future plans. In fact, this question also shows that Khrushchev's downfall is a foregone conclusion and cannot be reversed. Khrushchev told Mikoyan on the phone that he had complied with the decision of the meeting, and that Khrushchev had decided to resign. Because he did not quit, Khrushchev's house had long been surrounded by a large number of KGB personnel. The head of the KGB has long colluded with Brezhnev and others.
When Brezhnev learned that Khrushchev had not resisted, he was happy that the next day no one was at the bottom of what the situation was, and the most worried was the head of the KGB, Shemichasne, who told Brezhnev that "he could not wait any longer." This sentence is very meaningful, if Khrushchev overturns, all personnel may be arrested. The next day the meeting went smoothly, and Khrushchev did not make any resistance, and he could not resist, and finally he saw the signed paper that read, "Due to his old age, his health has deteriorated..." At this time, Khrushchev was only 70 years old, which was not much older.
The participants in the meeting "exposed" Khrushchev's "work mistakes" and finally resigned with Khrushchev's signature. In general, the second "coup" in the Soviet Union ended peacefully, and after Khrushchev handed over power, he resigned for retirement.
What kind of life did Khrushchev live after he was ousted? This is the focus of attention of later generations, and we can see through Khrushchev's later life in the soviet union's high-level political game.
After Khrushchev signed it, he did not officially retire. How to deal with Khrushchev's life after retirement? This is what Khretzhnev and others are worried about. After all, Khrushchev relied on his cleverness to kill when Malenkov, Beria and others could take over, and no one dared to ignore Khrushchev's energy.
On the matter of Khrushchev's retirement benefits, Mikoyan was sent to talk to Khrushchev. Why did the general send Mikoyan to talk? Mainly because Mikoyan had a good personal relationship with Khrushchev, even when Khrushchev's faults were exposed at the meeting, Mikoyan insisted that Khrushchev was not at fault and should follow Khrushchev's policy. Mikoyan's insistence made Brezhnev very dissatisfied.
Mikoyan told Khrushchev about his retirement pension of 500 rubles a month, which was a very high salary at the time, and it was also equipped with special cars, guards and other security personnel. However, Mikoyan told Khrushchev that the guards and other security personnel in his home needed to be replaced. Khrushchev certainly understood what was going on, he did not object, and this was the beginning of Brezhnev's surveillance of him.
Later, Brezhnev monitored Khrushchev to the point of intolerable, and actually set up a monitor in the bathroom, which made Khrushchev very angry, and he once scolded the KGB: "Did the state take money to let you listen to my fart?!" ”
It is said that once a rally was held on Red Square, and the KGB learned that Khrushchev had also driven out, Brezhnev was very nervous and rushed to investigate Khrushchev's whereabouts, and finally learned that Khrushchev was out of business.
Khrushchev's life after his retirement was actually very boring, and according to the records, he often washed his face with tears for the first time. It has to be said that Khrushchev descended from the highest level of "free fall", and no matter how much he could pretend in his heart, he could not adapt to this sense of loss.
Khrushchev decided to write a memoir, which is probably the work of every retired high-ranking official. But Khrushchev's memoirs were not simple, they were secretly written under the supervision of the KGB, and the last memoirs he wrote were confiscated by the KGB, and Khrushchev had to rewrite them.
Khrushchev secretly wrote his memoirs and made a copy, and in order to get some money for publication, he had people smuggle them to the West for publication, and finally Khrushchev's memoirs were left behind.
Khrushchev's memoirs also left an important history for the Soviet Union, although Khrushchev stood in his own perspective and was a little more subjective, but it was also an important historical material for the study of the Soviet Union.
In fact, Khrushchev's memoirs have given the West hope. Why hope? This is because the West learned through Khrushchev about the internal struggles at the top of the Soviet Union and about the construction of the Soviet Union. Since it was secretly written, it is not excluded that many secrets were revealed. This also gave the West first-hand information on the further disintegration of the Soviet Union and found new strategies for the disintegration.
In Khrushchev's later life, in addition to writing memoirs, he also took care of the garden and planted flowers and vegetables, which became Khrushchev's best amateur life. Although it is a "pastoral" life, this is not the life that Khrushchev wants, and Khrushchev is helpless, he has to adjust his state and try to live.
When people are in difficult situations, it is easy to be depressed, and they will inevitably get sick after a long time. Khrushchev also died suddenly of illness 7 years after his dismissal, which may have a lot to do with this "retired" life.
Judging from the historical data, the constant "coups" in the Soviet Union were carried out after Stalin's death. In fact, going back further, Stalin's suppression of Trotsky shows that there have long been "coups" in the Soviet Union, and the succession of Stalin's death has made people feel frequent.
The power struggle at the top of the Soviet Union gave the United States an important message: the Soviet Union was not as powerful as it thought, and the possibility of subverting the Soviet Union still existed.
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