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 XV. The effects of the war upon the work of local government

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EFFECTS OF THE WAR 301 Soviet Government at the close of 1918 abolished altogether the last vestiges of local and municipal government, thus ending the career of the zemstvos. In those areas which were occupied by the anti- Bolshevik armies during the civil war, the zemstvos were reéstab- lished, but they never regained a solid basis. Although the popula- tion resumed the payment of local taxes, the inflation of the currency had reached such catastrophic dimensions that the expenditure of one or two months proved to be far in excess of the total budget for the year. This is why the few zemstvos still surviving at that time had to be practically taken over by the Treasury of the anti-Bolshevik Government in south Russia. As this Government never granted to the zemstvos the necessary funds, however, and as it was financially unable to grant such funds even if it had desired to do so, the zemstvos very soon found themselves at the end of their resources, with all their properties mortgaged, and unable to carry on. The zemstvo hospitals were left without linen and medical sup- plies, the schools without books and writing materials, and the teachers, receiving no salaries, had to seek other employment. The schools were deserted and the wealthier peasants had to pool their resources to open small private schools for their children. Finally there came a time when the zemstvo hospitals had to stop admitting patients, and the doctors, left without salaries, were forced to seek private practice in order to earn a livelihood. Thus the zemstvos, created and built up by the unceasing efforts of three generations of public spirited men and women, were gradu- ally destroyed.

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