"In view of Comrade Yuriyefimovic Selov's outstanding sensitivity and vigilance in national security work, he is now awarded the rank of general. I hope Comrade Selov can have a better complete national task in national security work in the future." Khrushchev announced the news after brief consideration.

Two years after taking over as the chairman of the KGB, Selov further awarded the rank of general by the Central Presidium of the Soviet Union. At the age of 38, he successfully broke through Khrushchev's restrictions on the rank of KGB and became one of the few generals. This restriction was historically the case after Khrushchev stepped down, and Brezhnev awarded the rank of general by General Semichasne, and later Andropov. Selov broke through this restriction during Khrushchev's tenure.

Later, Supreme Soviet Chairman Migoyen awarded Selov the Golden Medal of the Soviet Heroes, which was the second Soviet hero title that Selov received, in recognition of his outstanding and keenness in his work in Indonesia this time.

"Itvasov is already at the age of retirement. Brezhnev once proposed a new candidate for the first vice chairman. However, you were not in Moscow at the time, so Comrade Khrushchev did not agree. Now that you are back, the first secretary means you to decide for yourself. After all, this is the tradition of your security agency. Do you understand?" Migoyang said earnestly after awarding the Selov Medal, "Old Ivan adopted an excellent child, and you are better than my children."

Old Ivan refers to Marshal Bagramiyang, and Marshal Migoyan and Marshal Bagramiyang are both Armenians. As for the children Migoyan mentioned, they are his children. Migoyan is a rare type of person with a lot of children and grandchildren among the Soviet Union's top leaders. Every time they take family photos, it is very lively. There are nearly twenty people in their family.

"Comrade Yitvasov's retirement is a loss for our safety work, but I will choose a good assistant!" Selov did not expect that when he was not in Ruby Yangka, Brezhnev was preparing to send people to the KGB. However, Khrushchev would not allow this department to be controlled by others, so Brezhnev would not mention it a second time later.

After returning to Rubiyangka, Selov was familiar with it for a few days to see if there was any difference after he left. After confirming that there was no problem, he held a presidium meeting, first expressed praise for Yitwasov's work, and then stated that he had already had the candidate for the first vice chairman of the KGB, saying, "Director of the General Administration of Personnel, Lieutenant General Philip Denisovich Bobkov, as a professional anti-counterfeiting worker, his ability is trustworthy. The official appointment will be announced at the National Security Conference three days later. At the same time, Comrade Yitwasov will also attend the National Security Conference. We will give a farewell to Comrade Yitwasov at the conference. I hope that Comrade Yitwasov will live a relaxed life after retirement..."

Selov's words aroused applause, and at the same time, the new director of the General Administration of Personnel became a young cadre he secretly trained. The KGB General Administration of Personnel is of course very important. The reason why he has been slow to take action against the General Administration of Personnel is mainly because Bobkov himself has good abilities and does not belong to anyone's subordinate. Since this happens to let him take over Yitvasov's position this time, it is better than letting Brezhnev arrange people in.

A few days later, General Philip Denisovich Bobkov, the new First Vice-Chairman of the KGB, met with security cadres across the country and got the opportunity to speak. "As a young member and experienced soldier, in order to adapt to the work of the security department in the future, I was sent to the "Smersh" school in Leningrad for the first time. When I first stepped into the school gate, I was caught up with a total solar eclipse, and the surroundings were dark. I thought to myself, "Will this be a good omen?" Of course, everyone has different ideas about the work of the security system, and often the illusory yearning obtained from learning. After the school started, what appeared before everyone was a completely different situation. We understood: what was waiting for ourselves was tedious daily affairs, which required all our strength, especially rich knowledge and skillful skills."

"Today I was nominated for Chairman Selov and became the first vice chairman in charge of domestic security. I am very excited. Our work is very important. There are some tedious things happening in the Soviet Union every day, even trivial matters. These things don't seem important, but if we don't deal with them, the impact will spread across the country. So today I attended the conference with a nervous mood. I hope that comrades will work with me to protect this country. Thank you." After expressing their feelings, General Bobkov bowed slightly and showed good cultivation. Applause rang out of the entire auditorium.

"Khrushchev is still worried that other committee members will put people into the KGB..." Brezhnev, who returned to his home, took off his burden. He would not hide his thoughts by Kirilenko and Chernenko. A person always needs to have a few friends, and he must also trust some people.

"What is the reason? We have to have our own people in this department, and Serokov is not enough." Kirirenko thought for a while and asked, "Is the question lies with Xie Lieping? That iron-fisted figure does not want his own field to be penetrated? Or is it something else?"

"It was Podgorne that had a problem, so Khrushchev held on to the KGB's power, afraid that a second Podgorne would appear." Brezhnev's perspective on the problem was much more tricky than his left and right hands.

Why did Khrushchev trust Xie Lieping so much?" Chernenko asked incomprehensible about this matter.

"Because?" Brezhnev smiled bitterly and leaned backwards on the sofa and said helplessly, "Because Serepin is young, Khrushchev is almost seventy years old, and his age is completely staggered. On the contrary, my age is quite embarrassing. Fortunately, Serepin is not as close to me as Kozlov and Podgorne. I can still deal with him slowly in the future."

"As sooner or later, we will deal with those young people." Kirirenko took a deep breath and said to himself, "As sooner or later..."

"Selov's military rank has been improved again. Now he should be considered the second-ranked person among Xielepin's friends?" Chernenko turned to talk about Selov's question. "I don't know who is more important in Xielepin's eyes or Selov."

"In terms of position, it should be Serov, and in terms of status, it should be Serov. Like Andropov, Seerov became the central secretary. Organizational rights are more important, so it is important to get Serepin's people out of the secretariat." Brezhnev didn't actually tell his two assistants about some things. Khrushchev had planned to add Serov as an alternate member of the Central Presidium after Serov came back. He didn't know how to stop it at that time. It was Suslov's speech that made Serov settle for a while, otherwise he would have a headache now.

"Chairman, the Kremlin asked us to evaluate this project." In the office of Selov, KGB headquarters at No. 11, Rubiyanka Square, Selvanov pushed the door and submitted a report.

"Let me see!" Shelov took it over and looked at it and his expression became very serious. This was a major project. Simply put, it was a century-old project carried out by the Soviet Union in history, the North-South Water Diversion. This project can be seen at a glance that was a giant project specially designed to solve the Soviet agricultural problems.

The Soviet Union had a serious imbalance in the distribution of water resources. The former Soviet Union was one of the countries with the richest freshwater resources in the world. The average river runoff in the whole area has been 438.7 billion cubic meters for many years, accounting for about 9% of the world's annual average river runoff, second only to Brazil, ranking second in the world. The average runoff per square kilometer is only 197,000 cubic meters, which is less than many countries in the world. However, the per capita river runoff is about 16,000 cubic meters, which is 15 times the world's per capita annual runoff.

The distribution of surface runoff in the Soviet Union was inconsistent with the distribution of industries and population. Most of the runoff was distributed in the sparsely populated northern and eastern regions, and flowed into the ocean in vain and was not fully utilized. However, the major industrial areas of the former Soviet Union, most cities and major agricultural areas were distributed in the southwestern areas of the country, namely the central semi-humid areas. The surface runoff was insufficient and unstable, which often brought about periodic droughts. For example, the lower reaches of the Volga River, the Northern Caucasus, the southern part of Ukraine, the Northern Kazakhstan, and the southern part of Western Siberia, due to the low precipitation and insufficient water sources, droughts occur frequently, which made agricultural production very unstable and low-cost alternating frequently.

The first step of the north-south water diversion project has actually begun. Three years ago, Khrushchev approved the decision to dig the Ertzish-Kalaganda Canal. This is just a sub-project in this plan. It can be said that once this plan is completed, the agricultural problems in the Soviet Union will definitely be alleviated.

"Let the State Administration of Espionage, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the General Administration of Border Defense follow up at the same time and convene our geologists and scientists to evaluate this plan. If there are no side effects or fewer side effects, report it to the Central Bureau of State immediately to submit a safety report. The speed is fast. I don't want to see an assessment for four or five years. I will only give you one year to investigate the river and geological conditions involved," Selov dare not neglect this plan. This century-old project that began with Khrushchev ended at Gogh Map, the earlier it started, the better.
Chapter completed!