Russian local government during the war and the Union of Zemstvos

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Identifikator:: 1794855874

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-179223

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Polner, Tichon I. http://d-nb.info/gnd/172311195

Title:: Russian local government during the war and the Union of Zemstvos

Place of publication:: New Haven

Publisher:: Yale Univ. Press

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: XXV, 317 S.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter IX. Relief of refugees

Collection:: Economics Books

166 THE ZEMSTVOS DURING THE WAR to the two unions in the work of refugee relief was very clearly manifested. Thus, at one of the meetings of the committee which dis- cussed this scheme, the chairman, von Pleve, Assistant Minister of the Interior. declared: The Unions, in their desire to usurp the right of financing the zem- stvos in the work of aiding the refugees, are trying to compete with the Ministry of the Interior. But the Unions are sanctioned only as organi- zations for the relief of the wounded. They have no legal power to act on behalf of zemstvos and towns in refugee relief work. Therefore, we should oppose appropriations of funds to the Union both for legal and political reasons. It should be noted, however, that the Government never identified itself with the above view, and officially the care of the refugees re- mained in the hands of the local organs of unions. But in practice the Ministry of the Interior was guided by the principles formu- lated by von Pleve. Among other things, this had its effect upon the question of a census of refugees. The joint committee of the two un- lons found it necessary to ascertain the exact numbers of refugees in each province. When the census was already being taken, the Spe- cial Council decided that the Committee of the Grand Duchess Tatiana could do this work, and the Minister requested the unions to drop the “experiments that had been started” and at the same time notified the provincial governors of this decision. The Central Committee of the Zemstvo Union believed the new arrangement detrimental to the best interests of the refugees, since it made it necessary for the zemstvos to apply to Moscow for funds, while the Government refused to advance them; moreover, there was great loss of time and waste of energy, and the union’s headquarters at Moscow was already beginning to be criticized. For this reason the Central Committee decided about the middle of November, 1915, to discontinue the application of the instructions which it had re- ceived from the conference of commissioners, and recommended to the zemstvos that they should apply direct to the Special Council for funds. It informed of its decision the Minister of the Interior, in a lengthy memorandum which ended with the following state- ment: “As for the work of the Zemstvo Union in rendering assist- ance to refugees in the war zone and adjoining provinces, all such measures were taken at the direct request of the military authorities

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