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 VII. Relief of families of mobilized men

Collection:: Economics Books

CHAPTER VII RELIEF OF FAMILIES OF MOBILIZED MEN The Legal Situation. Ar the beginning of the War the zemstvo appropriated considerable sums for the relief of families of men called to the colors. Thus, for instance, the zemstvo board of Samara proposed to the zemstvo as- sembly that it should appropriate for this purpose the sum of 50,000 rubles. “The men marching off to war must feel reassured about the fate of their families,” said one of the members proposing an increase of this appropriation to 800,000 rubles, and he was heartily supported by the assembly. It should be noted, however, that at first the zemstvo workers themselves had rather vague ideas about the nature and the scope of the relief that should be granted. Under the laws relating to social welfare, it was the duty of the zemstvos to look after the families of the mobilized members of re- serve troops. Until 1912, the zemstvos were obliged to provide for sach adult member of a reservist’s family, from the moment of mobilization, a monthly food ration of sixty-eight Russian pounds® of flour, ten pounds of grits (coarse meal), and four pounds of salt. Cash payments might be substituted for allowances in kind. This law had been in force during the Japanese War, but already under the conditions then prevailing, which were in no way com- parable with those of 1914, it became clear that the burden was be- yond the financial means of the zemstvos. After the work of food supply had been taken out of the province of the zemstvos in 1900, they had no supplies of foodstuffs at their disposal and were forced to obtain the enormous sums necessary to ouy the provisions to be distributed among the families of the re- servists. The zemstvos were forced to draw heavily on their own capital, and to borrow from the Government. Their indebtedness to the Government on such loans was considerable and the repayment imposed a heavy burden upon their budgets. After numerous petitions requesting the Government to under- sake the cost of maintaining the families of mobilized men. a law One Russian pound — 0.9 lb.

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