God, I'm here, not you. Russian archives document lightens Enver Hoxha's impact, Nikita Hrushov

So, Albanians still don't know more than these film pictures or the amount the state machine has given for propaganda food of this time. When all of them were changed perhaps just the sight of the now miserable and rusty Soviet submarines, which the Government wants to put on and sell for scraps to fill a hole in the state budget, the same past and unchanged history in the minds of Albanians, this time confessed, by Russian historians, seems like a sense of desire. The story of the construction of Vlora's war base through the pen of Alexander Rosen, one of the best writers and writers of the history of Soviet and Russian submarines, is surprisingly different from what we have been given to recognize from Albanian sources.

Using authentic documents, but also including non-representing parts from the book “Hrushovians” by Enver Hoxha, the author makes a very different reflection of the events, which almost culminated in a conflict. For the first time in this material, which the paper has decided to publish, there are events and stories that are based on Vlora, all from the perspective and information of Soviet officers deployed on this base. Events that at times harmonize but that most of the time do not fit in with what we know.

The reasons why the Soviets chose the base of Vlora are explained in the material, the plans for the deployment of medium- and small-range missiles, the launch of incidents with Albanian military and politicians, the different version of the Hrushovian Batat “that you Albanians eat in one year, we eat us mice in warehouses”, the original version of the Hrushov Batta to Ramiz Ali in the gathering of representatives of the Communist bloc, the construction of the Berlin Wall without saying, Mesherqu Beku, the Ballkum, the others's history of sufferings end, after almost a victory by the coast, the coast of Serbia's arrival, when it reaches almost a row of Serbia's forces, which wakes forces of warphurics power over the coast, when it wakes up with a rowing forces of warphurtaktaktata, and a bottle.

T BAZI EAR WRITER IN THE SHOW

In November 1957 Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, V. A. Kasatonov presented the Central Staff Leader of the Warrako-naval Navy V. A. Fokini proposed the use of Albania as the basis of Flora forces in the Mediterranean Sea. He suggested being deployed on Pasha-Liman's base in Vlora Bay a 10-12 submarine brigade, some of which were later passed by by the Albanian Navy. For the protection of the base was predicted to be given to Albanians four anti-ship rocket batteries called “Strell” The entrance into Vlora Bay, closed with other dragnets.

To preserve the base, there would be an anti submarine and helicopter team of ships of the same purpose. At the same time, Kasatanov also lit up the issue of establishing a powerful antiaircraft defence. He also saw base support option with T aircraft U, U-16, from Albanian aircraft to as hit a version. Hikita Khrushchev, in his memories, justified the foundation of the base in Albania: When post-war the Soviet Union's relationship with capitalist countries again began to irritate, we did not rule out the possibility of a combat conflict. With its position, Albania seriously threatened the activities of NATO's military bloc, in the Mediterranean Sea. So we agreed with the Albanians at the time to send our fleet of submarines there.

We did so in the interest of all socialist countries. Twelve submarines were deployed there. You understand, a very iron fist, 12 submarines in the Mediterranean Sea. With this fist, our opponents must do well. These submarines we also wanted to give to Albanians. Our sailors went there along with all the underwater remont tools to teach Albanians with the aim of establishing the Albanian command for submarines and last step of giving them. This step confirms how trusting we, with how loving we dealt with Albanian friends”. In the Albanian Marine Forces, a considerable number of Soviet specialists worked, and they worked well. In 1958, the commander of the Albanian Fleet, Captain of the First Rango, Teme Sejko, sent a letter to the fleet leadership to promote our instructors on Albanian submarine ships and to fleet hydrographic units working in Albania. From August 14th to August 31, 1958, traveling from Balltic to Albania came the first four submarines “C-241”, “-242”, “-358” and “-360<18x8>, and floating base “Vladimir Nemcinov<10> under the general command of Captain of the First Rang, V. Castro.

Shortly after the first unit from the Baltic came two more, bringing the total number of submarines deployed to Vlora base. After the arrival of the first ships, the construction of objects at the base, banking stations, and so on. Building underground tunnels for submarines was also planned, since the shore relief provided this opportunity. Other parts of the fleet were placed next to the submarines in Vlora. On the island, at the entrance of Vlora Bay, a dragon-backed antiaircraft defence brigade was deployed. In 1958, the long-range radio interconnection system “Coordinator was established in Vlora” In September 1958 our officers began teaching Albanian crews trade on four of their submarines. In addition, a portion of Albanian sailors taught the same in the Soviet Union.

In 1958-1959 about 300 Albanian submarine specialists prepared in Sevastopol. The first submarine to start exploring the Adriatic was the number “C-242”. Her commander writes that in the Adriatic it was very hot, that sailors in the interior of the submarine were nearly asphyxiated by the warm air marking 40 degrees Fahrenheit [40 ° C], how the uniform was wearing sandals and shoes.

V I HRUSHOVIT ZITA
May 25, 1959, in Tirana on flight “TTU-148x1> comes for the official visit by Secretary-General of the Communist Committee of the Soviet Social Union, Nikita S. Khrushchev. He was accompanied by Defence Minister P. Malinovski, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, N. P. Firjubin, (former Soviet ambassador to Belgrade at the time of the Hrushow reconciliation with Tito). At the time of the launch of the Stalin individual cult expose campaign, Hrushchev faced the controversy of a number of communist leaders who did not want to go on his way. So the goal of his flight to Albania was to put Albanian leader Enver Hoxha in his position.

He also wanted to obey personally about walking in the affairs of the land and the condition of the land. Khrushchev had big plans for Albania. He wanted for counterweights of American missiles deployed in Italy to deploy our missiles to Albania: “ ... whether medium-range action missiles will be deployed in Albania, or even near-range missiles, they can cover all of Italy”. On 30 May, after several days of talks, the Soviet delegation, head of Hrushovin, visited the Vlora base. Albanian leaders, E. Hoxha and M. Shehu. Boarding floating base “Vladimir Nemcinov” Hikita Khrushchev met with the officers for a few minutes, ate his lunch on the same ship, and went out on a cruise to the port of Saranda in the evening. There friends went ashore, enjoyed coastal nature, and continued their conversations. Then they returned by ship to central Vlora and spent the night there.

In his memoirs Enver Hoxha relates how enthusiastic Khrushchev came out of Vlora's base: how magnificent, how magnificent! He called Khrushchev and returned to Malinowski. I thought he was talking about the magnificent landscape of our Renaissance. But they had something completely different in mind.
How safe the port on the foot of these mountains, they said. If you bring here a powerful fleet, the entire Mediterranean Sea, from Gibraltar to the Bosphorus, will be in our hands! We can squeeze anybody in the fist” The next day Khrushchev was out of shape, as noted, Enver Hoxha, having Stalin for idol, had no intention of following the course of Soviet friends, and he was also angry by the Soviet leader's teacher. At the end of his visit to sailors Khrushchev took pictures of them, received a model of a submarine, handmade by a sailor, and left for Tirana from June 4th, from Moscow.

Albania's leaders were unhappy. Khrushchev did not have the most necessary loans, but had freely promised to build only the Palace of Culture, as well as two not too large radio stations. Then Albanians made contact with the Chinese. By December 1959 Albanian media clearly positioned in a pro- Chinese position. At the same time, Albanian-Soviet high policy problems began to reflect on relations between Soviet and Albanian sailors.

AFTER CHAPTER FOLDING E P ANCIENT DECIENT

In August 1959, Pasha-Liman's base in Vlora was visited by Black Sea Navy Commander Admiral V. A. Kasatanov. Exercise was then made on how to block the actions of ships (amic) in the central Adriatic area. At this time, the Albanian government was invited to Albania by the commander of Marina S. G. Gorskov, who met the state of submarine departments. Command of the Brigade, S. G. Egorov, received orders from Gorskovi, to extend the submarine navigation region to the Mediterranean Sea. It was recommended that after the theoretical and field exercises, submarine units approached NATO ships to learn their techniques.

Apart from the submarines, the Navy commander planned to bring other parts of the fleet here. On board one of the warships, along with Kastonov, he emerged at Saranda Bay on the border line with Greece to see the possible positioning of missile beds that were to come soon. Missiles along with submarines could, in any case, prevent the introduction of NATO ships to the Adriatic, part of the Mediterranean Navy. In November-December 1959, the undersea named “C-360” took the first trip to the Mediterranean Sea to Gibraltar. This first exit is mentioned not only because it was first but also because it forced Americans to calculate the presence of Soviet submarines in the Mediterranean Sea. In return, in the Strait of Tunis, our submarine was found at the side of an American crossroad aboard which the American President Eisenhower was located.

The submarine was removed after only three days of chase. In 1960 the brigade was completed by ship. In January from the Black Sea Fleet came the radiotechnic discovery ship “Ugor”, while in the fall of the same year, the next discovery ship “Krab” came to Albania. At the Black Sea fleet, meanwhile, the naval radio connection unit was formed, which in December 1960 settled on the island of Saban. At the same time, the water storage ship brigade, which was also made up of a dragon unit, had been deployed. In 1960, there was another incident. One of the submarines, “C-374”, maneuvering near the island of Saban, hit a rock underwater. The submarine suffered minor injuries that were repaired for a week. In the three years of Albania's submarine residence, this was the only serious case related to submarine management procedures.

In his memories V. S. Kozllov, writes that the next day, General Colonel Andreev, our commander under the Warsaw Treaty body came to the base. The general, who was also the hero of the Soviet Union, immediately launched the distress measures. According to him, such a pencil was unworthy of Soviet ships. According to him, the commander was to be taken to court, and so was the retort. Albanians, defence minister and chief responsible in the Warsaw Treaty, who were opposed to the expectations, were also involved. Two days from Moscow comes a commission to judge the situation. The commander and an assistant were rebuked, and Marvijev was released from office. The same year, the second incident took place. Because of negligence and violation of behavioral rules on the ship, the commander of the submarine “242” was accidentally killed Captain of the Third Range B. Semlykin. He fell from the floating base.

Yeah. PRINCIENT LITIZA

In mid - 1960, Albania's behaviour towards the Soviet Union began to change. This process towards conflict began between parties and governments after negotiations to help Albania meet its third five-year plan. Albanians had put on the draft an important aid from the Soviet Union. Our advice for support in its own forces, for industry development, of course, with our help, Albanians took it for offense. They say that someone has said that the Soviet Union can feed the Albanian people even if “if the Russians save and not eat a loaf of bread, Albanians will have enough for a year” So the Soviets advised Albanians to correct the five-year plan, and they left Moscow very unhappy. Before the Albanian delegation left, in his honor, Defence Minister Marshall R. J. Mainovski, made a lunch. Marshall toasted: “for the friendship between our two countries”, but in response, the head of the Albanian staff, in his speech, blamed the Soviet Union for not wanting to help his country.

The situation became even more acute when in the Bucharest gathering of communist and working parties of socialist countries, in June 1960 Albanians stood up for Chinese communists, prejudiced against the Soviet Union's policy as “peacemaker with Western countries. After that, Albanians launched the discrediting campaign of Soviet specialists. They blamed all types of supplies for the basis for unilateral suspension of jobs to provocation and blackmail. According to Enver Hoxha “this fierce anti-Albanian and anti-Socialist activity was directed by both the employees of the Soviet Embassy in Tirana and the chief chairman of the Warsaw Treaty Armed Forces Command, General Andreyev. The Soviets on the base, by order from above, have committed hooligan acts accusing our people of it...

It is shameless that senior representative Andreyev sends the Albanian government a note where he complains about these unpopular conduct of Albanians on the basis. And what are these behaviors? “An Albanian sailor threw a cigarette tail aboard a Soviet ship, Dukat's children tell Soviet children: “go to your homes”, the Albanian waiter of a club told our officer: God here am I, and not you”. General Andreyev complained to the Albanian government even about an unidentified child secretly swearing near the building of Soviet soldiers”. Moscow, in turn, tried to clean up the situation, but that was not possible. At the first meeting with the Albanian delegation in Moscow on November 10th, Mikoyanni expressed concern for the Albanian position, saying:

Your officers at Vlora base have been misbehaved with ours. Would you like to leave the Warsaw Treaty?
In response, Albanians began to blame Vlora base officers for the unprecedented sins.

On November 12th, a conversation on the subject was made with Hruschev. Here is how Enver Hoxha describes this debate in his memoirs:
If you want, we can take the base off, he snores at the time we started talking about the internal disputes.
You're threatening us with this, I'm telling you.
Hey, Comrade Enver, don't raise your voice.
Khrushchev intervened. - The submarines are ours.
And yours, and ours, I answered,
Because we're fighting for socialism.
Base territory is ours. As for submarines we have signed agreements, which recognize the Albanian people right on them. I defend the interests of my country. So you know, the base is ours and ours will be”. After that dialogue the leaders of the Albanian leadership and those of the Soviet Union were eventually divided. The Chinese persuaded Albanians to go out publicly against <x1 user revisionist of Soviet leadership”.../Panorama.al/