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 V. The Zemstvos and the Zemstvo Union

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THE ZEMSTVOS AND THE UNION 81 ing under the watchful tutelage of the government authorities, they might remain indifferent to the requests of the district committees of the Union of Zemstvos. Sometimes they did codperate loyally with the Union, but more frequently it proved necessary to look for other executive agencies in the volosts. In a majority of cases, it was found that other local bodies such as the parish committees were also ansuitable for relief work, for their duties were confined strictly to the care of the churches and the maintenance of the charitable insti- tutions connected with the latter. Several zemstvos, moreover, al- ready had their own organizations working within the districts, such as area committees for the relief of the poor or sanitary committees (in the district of Moscow and the provinces of Ekaterinoslav, Kaluga, Kostroma, and Ufa). All zemstvo institutions covering small areas which already ex- sted before the War were now utilized to their full capacity, but were found to be absolutely inadequate. In many places, volost com- mittees of the Union of Zemstvos were introduced and new zemstvo charitable institutions were created. The organization of these dif- ferent institutions showed a great variety, depending on local con- ditions and upon whether suitable individuals were available for this responsible work. | Most frequently, the volost committees would be formed from among the zemstvo deputies living in the volost, together with the volost elder, who was a peasant, two to three individuals chosen by the general meeting of the peasants, village priests, and zemstvo school teachers and doctors. Committees were sometimes established in some of the richer trading villages, at factories, mills, ete. There were even districts where the local committee of the Union found it necessary to create a regular network of village committees, as for instance, in the district of Ostrogozh in the province of Voronezh, the district of Orsk in the province of Orenburg, and others. All these small zemstvo organs in the volosts and villages received their instructions from the district committees of the Union or from the district zemstvos, carrying out their orders and reporting to them on the work accomplished and on the expenses incurred. They would also collect donations in money and in kind, and were supplied with the necessary funds by the district committee. At the same time, side by side with the zemstvo, there grew up an- other important organization. We refer to the codperative associa-

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