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 VI. Relief of sick and wounded soldiers

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SICK AND WOUNDED the Zemstvo Union ranks first among the institutions caring for the sick and wounded soldiers, since the Ministry of War has furnished about 160,000 beds, the city of Moscow about 75,000, the Union of Towns about 70,000, and the Red Cross about 48.000.2 91 The great increase in the number of hospital beds was due to the restricted number of clearing hospitals established by the military authorities. In spite of the fact that Unions of Zemstvos and Towns came to the aid of the Ministry of War in organizing not only the five clearing hospitals mentioned above, but also two more besides {Ekaterinoslav and Rostov), the total number of beds in the seven clearing hospitals was only 15,000. It is true that, in actual prac- tice, the sick and wounded stayed at these clearing hospitals an average of only three instead of the expected ten days; however, in- stead of receiving a real treatment, they were merely registered, and their wounds dressed, while their underwear and clothing was being disinfected. With the rapid evacuation of patients, the clearing hos- pitals were thus enabled to deal with all arrivals, but the heavy stream of patients to the interior demanded a correspondingly larger number of hospitals which would receive them. The evacuations of the first few months brought home to the Zemstvo Union the fact that it was impracticable to keep up a strict system of attaching entire provinces to a certain clearing hospital, since parts of some provinces might be reached more easily by some other clearing hospitals. Thus, for instance, the district towns of Kashira and Venev in the province of Tula, attached to the clearing hospital of Orel, are 102 and 165 versts respectively by rail from Moscow, while trains from Orel have to cover 425 versts to Kashira and 488 versts to Venev. Practical experience of this kind stimu- lated the Zemstvo Union to consider the possibility of a radical revision of the entire system of evacuation so as to redistribute the evacuation areas according to the convenience of railway communi- cation. Such a revision of the original plan was soon made, and, after the matter had been discussed with the representatives of the Union of Towns, the new evacuation scheme was laid before the general staff. On December 20, 1914, the Ministry of War gave its approval to the new plan. Under this plan the Ministry assigned a certain num- * Kratki Ocherk Deyatelnosti (Outline), Moscow, 1916, p. 11.

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