My blog readers, I believe that this will be my final blog post. In my previous post, I mentioned that I was accused of the recent economic failures in Russia. These accusations have become more severe, and I have now been given the responsibility of the economic stagnation. What happened was that at one point the economy, overall, just didn’t function as well as I thought it would. Production in agriculture, namely the collective farms, went down drastically. Infant mortality rates increased during this time period as well. The working conditions in factories were worsening as well. Many big problems emerged, and in such a short time. The unemployment rate in Russia increased by quite a bit as well during my rule. I tried to fix this problem with a reform of my own. In this reform I reorganized the Council of Ministries. This seemed to fix my high unemployment rate problem, but came at a price as well. With the low unemployment rate that my reform resulted in came a low productivity rate as well. Near the end of this economic stagnation, the economy of Russia was lagging behind the economy of the United States of America. I clearly remember that we were actually slightly ahead of them at the beginning of my rule. How close I was to having an active ruling period as successful as Joseph Stalin did… But there is no use in regretting it. I am happy with the way that I took care of the Soviet Union for 18 years, and regret nothing. This is Leonid Brezhnev, saying good bye to all my blog readers for the last time.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Russia:Is it following the fate of Romania?
Hello my blog readers... I have something very solemn that I would like to talk to you about today. I now realize that I am not very liked in my country because of a serious accusation. I am shocked to hear that I have been accused of holding responsibility of the downfall in economy. I also hope that if I am to resign or to die before a solution to this crisis is found, that Russia will not follow in the footsteps of Romania and acquire the same fate given to Romania. The problems in Romania started in 1948, before I achieved the status of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The problems started when Nicolae Ceauşescu became the ruler of Romania. Both Ceauşescu and his wife Elena created a very limiting regime for the people of Romania. Because of this, the people of Romania hated both Ceauşescu and his wife with a great passion. This problem seemed to grow worse, as Ceauşescu started to use the Securitate, which was the secret police force, as a weapon to satisfy the rebellious protestors. The people of Romania could take this intense autocracy no longer and, with the support of the army, rebelled against Ceauşescu and his wife. They were both tried and sentenced to death for repression. I can only hope that Russia will not break into a civil war and become something that Russia is not. I continue to worry, but know that there is nothing I can do to stop this if it happens. I shall compose another statement when I feel the time is right. I say good bye to all of you.
The Agricultural Status I worked so hard to Achieve- Gone.
Hello again my readers. Today I saw that the agricultural standards in Russia are declining and not doing as well as they could. My collective farms seem to not be working as well as I thought they would. Last I checked, economy was fine and my collective farms were very prosperous. I technically didn’t start the collective farms idea in Russia. I actually continued the idea that Khrushchev had. Khrushchev had continued this idea from the days of Stalin, which was a long time ago. The collective farms idea was one of great success, which is why I chose to continue this idea. When I commenced with my collective farms idea, economy soared. Production was around 20 percent higher than usual, which was an amazing margin. Only when the region of Mikhail Gorbachev, who was then the First Secretary of the Stavropol Regional Committee, starting doing experiments, did the rate of production even falter. Gorbachev went against my slogan, which is “no experimentation.” Even after knowing this, he did the exact opposite. My government tried to fix this mistake by making farms work closer together in an attempt to regain the lost production time, but things never stayed the same since then. The prices apparently hiked up, and resulted in the collective farms failing. The end result is the possible termination of the collective farm idea I had worked so hard to make successful. But all things happen for a reason. Until next time, I wish you all a good bye.
My Position as General Secretary
Hello my blog readers. I had a very nostalgic feeling today when I witnessed a presidential election, as it reminded me of my own. I remember clearly now, how I became General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. It started when my good friend whom I met when I was drafted for war, Nikita Khrushchev, started to grow slightly dull in doing his job as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Because of this, he lost the popularity and support from his colleagues and supporters. I remember that I was recently promoted to the position of Secretary of the Central Committee, which actually put me as next in line if something were to happen to Khrushchev. This got me thinking a bit on what I could accomplish. In the end, Khrushchev promoted me to Second Secretary, also known as the deputy party leader. From there, things started to become easier to do, as Khrushchev was already not very popular anymore, and everyone knew that I was capable of doing this job. So After Khrushchev returned from his vacation near the Black Sea, we starting putting our plot into action. We phoned him one day and told him that there was a problem that needed tending in Moscow. He somehow figured out what was going to happen, but made no effort to stop it. So he was trialed against many different charges. Since the jury was a supporter of me, they immediately deemed him guilty, which brought me my position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. How great I felt that day… Well, I must be going now. I bid all my readers good bye, and will talk to you all later.
Leo's Blog
Hello my blog readers. I am Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or the USSR. I was born in a town called Kamenskoe to a family of metallurgists in December 19th, 1906. We weren’t a very rich family, but we were prosperous. I had an average childhood, and attended and graduated from Dniprodzerzhynsk Metallurgical Technicum. After I graduated from a metallurgy college, I decided to join the Communist Union of Youth, which was also known as Komsomol. I was very interested in the government system of communism and enjoyed it. When I was old enough to do so, I joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and was very content with my position. I had an active role in the Communist Party and was very involved in it. But I was then drafted into a required military service in the year 1936. I spent time gaining experience and increasing in rank. I ended up becoming a political commissar that was stationed in a tank factory. About three years later, I was promoted to Party Secretary of Dnipropetrovsk, which was a very prestigious promotion. Dnipropetrovsk was a very important military compound, and for one to be put in charge of it is a great honor. A few years following that came the time when Nazi Germany invaded my homeland. So I was chosen as a draft to serve for my country. I was put to the test by this position in the military, as war can be very hard to cope with. But after all of the chaos, we had won the war, and all was peaceful for the time being. I also made many friends during that war. I met Nikita Khrushchev during this war, and that was a life changing person I met. I retired from the war with the status of Major General. When I came back to the political world, I was once again promoted to the rank of First Secretary of the Communist Party in Dnipropetrovsk. Four years later, I achieved the title of deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, which was one of the most powerful positions in the country. At this time, i was a man with great power and a good governmental job. I thought it couldn’t get any better, but was proven wrong when I successfully overthrew the old general secretary, who was also my good friend, Nikita Khrushchev. I was the new General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. My reign as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was one of the longest periods in history. My reign is apparently the second longest reign in history. It is only second to the reign of Joseph Stalin. Things seem to be going well at the moment, and I seem to have caught up to present time in my post. So until something interesting happens or until I feel that I should relate something of my past, I bid you good bye.
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