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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96 THE ZEMSTVOS DURING THE WAR summer campaign. As a large number of beds stood idle at this time, however, a conference between the Unions and Prince Oldenburg decided that there was no need to increase the number of beds. Nevertheless the Zemstvo Union informed its provincial committees that in view of the magnitude of the contemplated military opera- tions it had resolved to take prompt measures for enlarging the hospital capacity so as to be prepared for any emergency. On May 22, 1916, General Brusilov launched his offensive at Lutsk, and the result was that not only were the southern areas soon overflowing with wounded, but a considerable number of these had to be sent even as far as Moscow. After June 20, when the Russians advanced in the Baranovichy sector, it became evident that the en- tire hospital organization would soon be swamped. Then, at the end of June, more conferences were held with the evacuation authorities, and the result was that the unions were asked to increase their hos- pital facilities by 50,000 beds, and to be ready to provide an addi- tional 50,000, if necessary. Of course, it was impossible to carry out such an enormous task within so short a time, since there were neither sufficient accommodation nor sufficient supplies and equip- ment available. Meanwhile, from about August 20, 1916, Tiflis was also receiving a steady stream of casualties (2,000 to 8,000 a day). About the same time, the entry of Rumania on the side of the Allies made it necessary also to provide the new front with adequate hospital fa- cilities. On the whole, it may be said that the strain imposed upon the evacuation machinery in the summer of 1916, was higher than at any other period of the War. From May to September the Zem- stvo Union was able to increase the number of hospital beds in the interior by 20,000 and was preparing for further increases. In addi- tion to this, with the appearance of casualties from the Rumanian front, the number of beds attached to the clearing hospitals in the south also had to be increased by 10,000, at the urgent request of the general staff. It would have been scarcely possible to make timely provision for these various needs on the vast scale that was required had it not been for two circumstances which helped matters in 1916. The first was that a portion of the huts built by the zemstvos in the interior had never been utilized by the military authorities, and the Zemstvo

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