Russian local government during the war and the Union of Zemstvos

Bibliographic data

Monograph

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

Usage license:: Get license information via the feedback formular.

Chapter

Document type:: Monograph

Structure type:: Chapter

Title:: Chapter VI. Relief of sick and wounded soldiers

Collection:: Economics Books

90 THE ZEMSTVOS DURING THE WAR of the city councils of Petrograd and Moscow and to the Unions of Zemstvos and of Towns. The latter two organizations were to pro- vide 155,400 beds. The Zemstvo Union unhesitatingly assumed two-thirds of the entire burden, while the Union of Towns undertook the remainder. The general organization was discussed jointly by both bodies. The capacity of each province was determined in accordance with its geographical situation in relation to the clearing hospital, by tak- ing into account its facilities for communication, such as roads, etc., and the number of cities and towns. By a telegram of August 31, 1914, the provincial zemstvos were informed of the number of beds to be provided in their respective provinces. The actual work on the spot, however, had already begun early in August. For the first six months this work is expressed in the following figures: Number of Beds Maintained by the Zemstvo Union. Interior area Front area Total 7,141 4,734 11,875 51,776 7,912 59,688 103,635 “5,319 118,954 126,126 22,692 148,818 131,276 22,452 153,728 139,649 24,793 164,442 148.829 27.693 171,519 Dates August 15 September 1 October 1 November 1 December 1 January 1 February 1 1915 The organization was subjected to a severe test during the first six months: nevertheless zemstvo hospitals were overcrowded only once, and this before a regular evacuation plan could be worked out, namely, at the end of August, and in the beginning of September, as a result of the severe fighting in Galicia.? We have already seen that the number of beds maintained by the Zemstvo Union continued after this to increase uninterruptedly, reaching the number of nearly 200,000 in the second half of 1916. The report of the Zemstvo Union for the first eighteen months of the War, noting the fact that there were 173.000 zemstvo beds in existence on January 1, 1916, states: On the whole, so far as the number of beds furnished is concerned, 2 Obgor Deyatelnosti (Outline) of the Work of the Central Committee of the Union of Zemstvos from August 1, 1914, to February 1, 1915, pp. 84-61

Access restriction

Copyright

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

Monograph

Chapter

Table of contents

Download

Monograph

Chapter

This page

Image fragment

Citation links

Citation recommendation