Svuso Vyerecev
| Svuso Vyerečev | |
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| Born | Svuso Trgosovo Hoksežśe Vyerečev November 7, 1899 Hodosalo, Vanosha |
| Died | July 18, 1951 (aged 51) Istore, Vanosha |
| Alma mater | Istore National University |
| Political party | National Agrarian Movement (Ažresa Śemi Pyemokňe) |
Svuso Trgosovo Vyerečev was a Najavian AŚPyem politician, Marshal of the VAI, and chief of Internal Affairs under Vaćeč Myerečev. At one point, he was Vice President of the AŚPyem until Myerečev's death in 1948 where upon he became president of the AŚPyem.
Vyerečev was one of the longest lasting public officials under Myerečev's leadership, being a close confidant and wielding significant influence within the early state under the National Agrarian Movement. He was responsible for many of the purges under Myerečev, and some count those killed or detained by these to number somewhere in the hundreds of thousands. In addition, he was responsible for the Anti-Khezid Law of 1929 which eventually led to the near total destruction of the Khezid community in Vanosha. He simultaneously administered vast sections of the Vanoshan state and acted as the de facto commander of the Vanoshan Commissar Battalions and of important labor detention facilities known as modonep and the creation of science communities known as volenep.
In 1946, Vyerečev was responsible for purge of the KlPyem, the local arm of the Kuulist movement in Vanosha. Under Vyerečev's guidance, much of the movement's leadership was executed and all of its members detained under the suspicion of a plot to take over the nation. As a result, 275,681 were sent to labor camps of which only 108,672 survived to see rehabilitation in the 50s.
Following the death of Joint President-Premier Vaćeč Myerečev in 1948, Vyerečev took his place as President of the AŚPyem effectively making him the head of the party, while conferring the premiership to then Vichavian Major General of the 3rd Corps Sanceč Vobosov Osičev, the vice premiership conferred to Vadmivian Bika Drovesov Carno who, prior, held the position of Premier Minister of Industry. In an attempt to balance this concession, he appointed his deputy, Əslaś Əslaśe Ružeč, to the position of Marshal of the VAI. This act established the tetrarchy but also cemented his downfall from power.
In June of 1951, a coup d'etat by Osičev with his loyalists arrested much of Vyerečev's supporter base following the removal of Vyerečev and his deputy from power. A month later a public trial was held that accused Vyerečev of numerous offenses resulting in 489 life sentences and 107 death penalties. He was executed on July 18, 1951.
Early Life and Rise to Power
Born in the village of Hodosalo in 1899, Svuso was the son of Trgosovo Vyerečev and Hoksež nee Hoksežśe. His father was a landed noble and part-time watchmaker, while his mother was a seamstress. He was raised for the majority of his life in this village but sent to Istore when he was 14 to earn a better education. Svuso was originally living with his uncle where he'd learn matters of politics and become an government clerk in his home village of Hodosalo. He graduated in 1920, however, following his graduation he uncle found him with one of the butlers fornicating. Following a court case, he was banished from the estate, exiled from his home village, and forced to watch the public execution of his lover.
Early Career
With no business willing to hire him, he joined the military in 1920. Owing to his noble background, he was given a position within the Vurežire, light cavalry police units focused on border patrols. He risked being discharged from the military for having sexual relations with one of the soldiers under his command, and was temporarily placed on leave while the matter was investigated.
In exchange for clearing the past court records of his homosexual relations, he soon became involved with the National Agrarian Movement as a royal informant. He, however, became a double agent for the movement and alerted them to the royalist faction's actions. Eventually he was given a higher standing in the party for his information and given a team of informants to work with. In 1924, he was tasked with securing the 4th Vurežire's loyalty to the AŚPyem during the coup d'etat that deposed King Yanmeć. There is some debate, however, on whether he was responsible for Prince Śiset's escape. Despite this, much of the royal retinue that protected the prince was either killed or executed due to Vyerečev's ambush.
In 1925, he was awarded for his service to the AŚPyem with a higher standing in the party, being assigned to the VAI, Vanosha's political intelligence agency. He was originally made a low level staff member but quickly rose the ranks as Premier Vaćeč Myerečev purged many of his superiors. Eventually, Myerečev took a liking to Vyerečev's ruthlessness in dealing with opposition and saw him as an easy target to blackmail should his loyalty wane.
Marshal of the VAI
In 1925, Vyerečev was made marshal of the VAI under Myerečev's direction. He immediately went to work overseeing the legal apparatus of his department and, under Myerečev's suggestion, created the Anti-Khezid Laws which banned use of the Khezian language, and as a side effect, discriminated heavily against communities of the Vos and Lenezi in Vanosha. In 1919, there was 1,283,285 speakers of Western Vaniuan languages in Vanosha. By 1949, there was only 604,320 remaining.
During the later 20s, as part of a method of obtaining foreign expertise, Vyerečev oversaw the integration of Vaniuan Kuulist elements into the country. In addition, they were originally trained to be able to conduct resistance actions in their home countries. The most notable of these elements were from Vosan and Lenezan. In 1939, the economy of Vanosha grew 28.4% from what it was in 1919 in part to their industrial expertise.
In all, Vyerečev was complicit in ordering the purge of many of his political rivals throughout his career, typically engaging in false evidence of plots against Myerečev. Much of the Vanoshan Army's officers were purged and few of the National Agrarian Movement's original leaders of 1924 survived past 1934, and even fewer to 1944. It was during this time a rivalry formed between Sanceč Vobosov Osičev and himself. Osičev and many other army officers knew about Vyerečev's homosexuality, a fact that was strongly covered up since he took a position of power. Few, however, took a vocal stance on this as those who were were frequently made targets of Vyerečev's purges.
The most vocal of his critics, a young staff officer named Revočev, claimed Vyerečev advanced on him numerous times and in 1938 was claimed to have been found naked from hypothermia after being drugged. This event led to Myerečev arresting Vyerečev with his deputy, Gəvež Ovarčev, taking control in his stead. Describing it at the time as "The closest to penance he had received in his life", Vyerečev was found guilty in the court and sentenced to death by firing squad. Myerečev however, stayed the execution at the very last second finding Ovarčev to be "scheme-eyed and annoying", with Ovarčev taking his place under the claim that Ovarčev falsified the prosecution's witnesses in an attempt for power.
Vyerečev, following this incident, limited his interactions with the public and had his work station relocated to a residence in 15 kilometers north of Śedvis. This was likely in part due to Vyerečev fearing another vocal opponent threatening his position and, more importantly, Myerečev's temper. By 1945, Vyerečev worked in near isolation despite his important posting, until 1948 when Myerečev's ailing health resulted in him assigning Vyerečev his successor despite protest from the military.
AŚPyem Duumvirate
Follow Myerečev's death on May 2, 1948; Vyerečev, wishing to avoid creating social dissent, gave away the position of premiership. In an attempt to cater to the various factions and slowly move out of the public picture, he gave the both the premiership and vice-premiership to his rival Sanceč Vobosov Osičev who posed a sincere threat to his life. He continued his work in a limited capacity throughout 1948-1951. His own health began to take a turn following an assassination attempt where his vehicle was shoved off a bridge and exposed to the elements for 14 hours until his rescue. Pneumonia left him unable to run the very basic functions of government where he retreated to his summer home near Vuri.
His health began to return by late 1950 though he had since become reliant on a cane to walk despite his age. He returned to a public capacity in March of 1951, with the 27th Assembly to commemorate the transfer of power. His attempt to regain a sense of trust from the ministers was left lacking as his absence alienated many of his original supporters and the moderates who came to prefer Osičev's more heavy handed interventionist policies over Vyerečev's isolationism.
Arrest, trial and execution
The ostracizing came to a head on June 17, 1951, when soldiers under the command of Bika Carno's 1st Armored Brigade occupied the Assembly Building of the Party. Vyerečev, at his summer home to oversee a transfer of some of his furniture to his winter home, was unaware of the happening in Istore. Several of his staff warned him something had happened at the capital as there was no responses on the official communication channels and that he should leave the country. Believing that it was simply a mechanical issue and that support for him was high, he returned to the capital. On the route to the capital, members of the commissars kidnapped him from his personal carriage during the night and brought him to the capital in chains.
In a highly publicized court trial, Vyerečev was found guilty of some 1,298 crimes, of which 489 were subject to life sentences and 107 to death penalties. He was stripped of his positions, his estates and finances seized, and ordered to face a firing squad. Osičev had ordered an anti-air cannon brought in to execute Vyerečev, so that his body would be destroyed beyond recognition and would not be able to be interred in the Istore Mausoleum, nor his remains able to be venerated. What little remained was buried in an abandoned mine near Cosovo. The remains have not been located nor any sanctioned attempt to allow such a relocating of the remains be permitted despite several attempts by some politicians from Hodosalo and his distant family requesting.
Legacy
Any mention of Svuso Vyerečev was made illegal and plot to conspire against the Vanoshan state soon after his death. In addition, many of those imprisoned under his leadership were rehabilitated. He has since become a controversial figure within the National Agrarian Movement as following his death, the party focused more on aligning local Zarasan religious authorities that were once ostracized from all positions of power. Few records of Vyerečev's existence survive, with the records that do exist having been redacted heavily to hide state secrets and the extent of atrocities under Premier Myerečev's reign of terror. The most believed theory as to why Vyerečev was executed was simply to preserve the idolatry of Myerečev's cult of personality and to win over the support of those sent to forced labor camps under Vyerečev's oversight.
Debate is heavy over the personal life of Vyerečev. The main debate remains on whether many of the claims were slander against him to turn the more religious Najavians against him. The most notable claims are that he was a homosexual, and that there is evidence to suggest so. Others refer to how the Vanoshan language does not distinguish between male or female servants and that the court case against him under the monarchy was referring to a woman, as the servant's name was redacted in all surviving iterations of the documents. Most notable was that Vyerečev never took a wife which was custom by age 30, though some who claim Vyerečev was not homosexual in due part because he was "married to the state" and holding multiple party positions left him with no time to wed a wife.