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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xii THE ZEMSTVOS DURING THE WAR guaranteed as well by the imprimatur of Prince Lvov, Prime Minis- ter of Russia in the days when the zemstvos were at their height, and their outstanding champion and national leader. Personal familiarity with details, however, does not by itself sup- ply sufficient data for the author of a text like this. Memories of events become vague and elusive, especially when so many others supervene, as has been the case in recent Russian history. There is no substitute for documents. Fortunately, the Hoover War Library of Stanford University had made provision for just this kind of exigency and with rare generosity has placed the documents neces- sary for this study at the disposal of the authors working in Europe. It is not too much to say that without this scientific cosperation the present volume could not have been written. The chief significance of this monograph, however, does not lie in the formal study of an organization fighting its way to efficiency through the heart of a national crisis. It lies rather in the purely human story of a nation stricken by war and meeting its demands with energy, and anxious, if sometimes blundering, activity. There is no effort here to force the note in literary phrase or imaginative word picture, but the events themselves are chronicled with a direct- ness of statement and a richness of detail which make it fitting to re- call that M. Polner, who chiefly shaped the text in its present form, was a lifelong friend of Tolstoy. J. T. S.

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