There is a place called Morokovka on the outskirts of Khabarovsk, the capital of the Amur region in the Russian Far East, across the Heilongjiang River in China. In this remote town, there is an ordinary small building. More than 70 years ago, Aisin Gioro Puyi, the puppet emperor of Manchukuo, was imprisoned here. This small building was originally the property of a Russian noble. After it was confiscated by the Soviet government, it became the local Youth Cultural Palace. During World War II, it was converted into an industrial school.

The Puppet Manchukuo Palace Museum Airport was captured

In the early morning of August 9, 1945, the Soviet Far East Army, with the cooperation of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces in Northeast China, marched straight in and captured Mudanjiang and Harbin one after another. , approaching Xinjing (Changchun), the capital of the "Manchukuo" supported by Japan. This gave Puyi, the puppet emperor of "Manchukuo", a premonition that the end was coming. Ten days later, under the arrangement of the Japanese, he left his "Queen" Wanrong, "Fuguiren" Li Yuqin and other family members behind, took a small plane to Shenyang, and prepared to transfer to a large plane in Shenyang to escape to Japan. But Puyi never expected that Shenyang Airport had already been occupied by the Soviet army. When he and his entourage stepped out of the cabin, they were surrounded by a group of Soviet troops.

The scene of Puyi ascending the throne in Manchuria

The Soviet army asked: "Who is the emperor of Manchuria?"

Puyi said in horror: "I am the emperor of Manchuria." Xinjueluo Puyi. "

Su Jun: "Who are these people and what do they do?"

Puyi: "This is my brother Aixinjueluo Pujie. Two brothers-in-law, Runqi and Wan Jiaxi, my nephews Yugan, Yugan, and Yuyan, as well as my personal bodyguard Li Guoxiong, and the imperial physician Huang Zizheng."

Su Jun pointed at the scene again. The Japanese asked: "What do they do?"

The senior counselor of the Japanese Kwantung Army, Yoshioka Yasunai, the imperial officer who served as Puyi's side, said: "I am the imperial officer of the Japanese imperial family, and the other four are Japanese military police. ." Then, Yoshioka Yasuo asked in Russian: "Can Puyi and his party of 9 be taken to Japan?"

Yoshioka Yasuo's request was immediately rejected by the Soviet army.

The next day, under the escort of the Soviet army, Puyi and other nine people went to the Soviet Union and began his five-year special prisoner life. Life as a prisoner with good treatment

The plane escorting Puyi and others arrived in Chita City in the Zabaikal region in the Far East of the Soviet Union, and soon they were escorted to No. 45 of the Khabarovsk Territory Internal Affairs Bureau of the NKVD of the Soviet Union. Special detention center. After Puyi arrived at Khabarovsk Detention Center, he was arranged to live on the first floor, while the Japanese captured by the Soviet army were arranged to live on the second floor.

The Soviet Union gave special treatment to Puyi, who had a special status. When he was detained in the Chita City Detention Center, more than a hundred snipers were assigned to protect him. Therefore, he came to After arriving at Khabarovsk Detention Center, he also received favorable treatment.

Puyi’s life in Manchukuo

The Khabarovsk Detention Center held a small banquet for Puyi, explained the relevant policies to him, and asked them what their requirements were. . Puyi and his companions usually had four meals a day, with abundant staple and non-staple food. Bread, snacks, coffee, tea, etc. are provided for breakfast; lunch usually has two dishes and one soup; there is "afternoon tea" at three or four o'clock; dinner is mainly Western food, including ox tongue and oxtail, as well as snacks, fruit wine, etc. At a time when the Soviet Union was in a difficult economic period and residents could only eat chaffy black bread, Puyi's diet could be described as a high-class life.

Pu Yi lived in a single room with a radio in the room, where he could listen to music and receive news in Russian. He could freely go for a walk to nearby mountains, rivers, and trees, chat with people, and the Soviet side even brought him a piano for his entertainment.

The Imperial Palace of Puppet Manchukuo

It’s just that Puyi got up very late and didn’t eat breakfast. He insisted on chanting sutras and worshiping Buddha. He was in his hut, kneeling beside the bed, shaking the eight shiny Japanese coins. Yugan and others gave him a break in the outer room in case the Soviet guards suddenly broke in.

Later Puyi was sent to Khabarovsk Detention Center. Although the conditions here were not as good as Khabarovsk Detention Center, the life was quite comfortable. In addition to receiving education from the Soviet Union, Puyi began to learn some Books about Marxism-Leninism and the history of the Soviet Party, but Puyi never participated in labor.

Puyi hoped to stay in the Soviet Union forever

It was under such favorable living conditions that Puyi worried that the Soviet Union would hand him over to the Chinese government, because he knew that once he returned to China, the Chinese people His crimes during the puppet Manchukuo period will definitely be liquidated. Therefore, he believed: "Only by staying in the Soviet Union can we save our lives."

So, in December 1945, Puyi wrote a letter to Stalin: "What makes me very satisfied is that your country The government gave me extensive support in saving my life, making it possible for me to live peacefully in the Soviet Union... I take the liberty of asking your government to allow me to live in the Soviet Union for a long time, so that I can well enrich my science Knowledge. I really hope to study Soviet socialism and some other sciences..."

Puyi believed that Stalin would allow him to stay in the Soviet Union, which would save him from prison in China. He even naively curried favor with Stalin and made a request to join the United Nations. However, the Soviet Union rejected his request. Puyi was very puzzled by this. He asked the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs: "Excuse me, is there an emperor in the Communist Party?" The representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs answered him: "No." Puyi said: "I can definitely become the first emperor to join the Communist Party."

In order to stay in the Soviet Union for a long time, Puyi began to win over the Soviet caretakers around him. When Puyi fled from Changchun, he took many priceless treasures with him, and he often used these treasures to please the Soviet military. However, Puyi did not receive a positive answer from the Soviet Union in the end. Therefore, throughout his life as a prisoner, Puyi was always uneasy. Whenever he saw someone who spoke Chinese, he would think that they were people sent by China to take them back to China.

Pu Yi at the International Tribunal for the Far East

This day has finally arrived!

On August 1, 1950, Puyi and 263 other "war criminals" from the Puppet Manchukuo were handed over by the Soviet government to the Chinese government in Suifenhe and sent to Fushun War Criminals Management Center for about ten years of ideological re-education and labor. Transformation.

The first half of Puyi’s life is over, and the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty is about to usher in his new life!