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 IX. Relief of refugees

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168 THE ZEMSTVOS DURING THE WAR directories containing the addresses of some 50,000 refugee fami- lies were compiled and distributed to local committees. The subcommittee on refugee children performed a vast amount of work. During the flight of the refugees many children became lost and many others became orphans. All such children were directed to Moscow by the guides or by special agents appointed for the pur- pose. The subcommittee collaborated with the various national committees and with twelve organizations working for the refugee children. Five clearing stations were established in Moscow, and here the children were registered and given first aid. The subcommittee was kept informed of the vacancies available in the existing homes and asylums, and scores of new institutions of this kind were opened on its initiative and with its financial support. The children were gradually transferred from Moscow to the provinces and distributed amongst the local homes and asylums. By July, 1916, the subcom- mittee was already maintaining regular contact with 807 asylums scattered all over the country. Orphanages maintained either en- tirely or partly by the subcommittee numbered sixty-four, with room for 2,794 inmates, and three-quarters of these vacancies were filled. Altogether, about 3,500 children passed through Moscow. About the middle of July, 1916, the subcommittee proceeded to open special asylums for the blind, deaf and dumb, and otherwise afflicted children of refugees. | The labor exchange began to function in the middle of Septem- ber, 1915. It aimed at concentrating the employment organizations ander its own direction and at opening a network of uniform labor exchanges. In the autumn of 1915 a number of labor exchanges ander the auspices of the Unions of Zemstvos and of Towns, the Tatiana Committee, and other organizations displayed considerable activity. The majority of the exchanges naturally devoted them- selves to finding employment for the refugees. The central labor exchange divided Russia into ten areas and sent a special instructor into each for the purpose of assisting in the uniform organization of the exchanges, of establishing connections with exchanges al- ready in existence, and of cobrdinating their work. More than sixty new labor exchanges were opened by the end of the year. The cen- tral exchange succeeded in establishing permanent contact with 153 exchanges all over the country. With the collaboration of local

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