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 X. Participation of the Zemstvos in the work of supply

Collection:: Economics Books

ORGANIZATION OF SUPPLY 187 ganized the production of fur coats and other clothing from sheep skins bought by the Union. The provincial zemstvo board of Ka- luga organized the manufacture by the peasantry of wadded blouses lined with cloth; the provincial zemstvo board of Tver undertook to supply 150,000 to 200,000 pair of army boots, and so on. In the manufacturing of boots the zemstvos resorted to various methods and where necessary, large up-to-date factories were estab- lished, equipped with the latest machinery, special workshops were opened, the work being also given out to cottage workers, and these were sometimes combined into large associations, which were under the supervision of zemstvo experts. The production of underwear was at first concentrated chiefly in the city of Moscow, but gradually extended to the districts in Mos- cow province. By December, 1916, the committees of the Zemstvo Union in eleven provinces had also undertaken this kind of work and opened 243 workshops employing 50,000 women. After the middle of 1915, when the Unions of Zemstvos and of Towns established a joint committee for the supply of the army, their work was greatly expanded. Thirty-eight provincial zemstvos appointed army supply committees and entrusted them with the production of military equipment, including munitions of war. This work will be considered in Chapter XIII.

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