Russian local government during the war and the Union of Zemstvos

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Identifikator:: 1794855874

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-179223

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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.

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter XII. The Central Committee of the union of Zemstvos in the third year of the war

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248 THE ZEMSTVOS DURING THE WAR Caucasus was placed at the disposal of the Central Committee of the Union during the latter part of 1915. As early as the spring of 1915, the Committee of the Union in the Caucasus had held a num- ber of conferences of local experts to ascertain what plants suitable for the manufacture of tanning extracts were available in the Cau- casus and how they were distributed. At the expense of the Union a number of expeditions were sent out to Trans-Caucasia, and exten- sive tests and laboratory experiments were conducted. They yielded most gratifying results, for it was found that certain plants common in Trans-Caucasia contained a high percentage tannic acid and this not only in the stems or cores but also in the leaves.” A commission of experts expressed itself in favor of organizing in the Caucasus a factory of tanning extracts. The same idea had originally sug- gested itself to the Zemstvo Union on an entirely different occasion. After the retreat from Galicia there was a moment when it seemed as if even Kiev might have to be abandoned to the enemy, and the Zemstvo Union was naturally reluctant to lose the tanning extract factory in that city, which was working at high pressure. It was de- cided, therefore, to transfer the plant to a safer place. A special committee was sent to the northern Caucasus and the Black Sea coast, to find a suitable site for the factory. The city of Maikop in the Kuban territory of the Cossacks was selected because of the vast oak forests in the vicinity, covering an area of about 400,000 decia- tines. Soon, however, the situation at Kiev was relieved, so that it was possible to avoid the removal of the factory, an operation that would have involved a complete closing down for a period of five to six months. Nevertheless Maikop was not left out of further proj- ects and the Zemstvo Union decided to establish in this city a new factory with an annual production of 850,000 puds of extracts. This plant was intended to serve in the future as a model for the practical development of the Caucasus in the manufacture of tan- ning extracts,—an industry that was hitherto unknown in Russia. In spite of the extraordinary difficulties in the way of building such a factory, and especially the difficulty of providing equipment, work was begun in April, 1916, and early in 1917 the plant was complete and ready to begin production. The Department of War aided the Union in this enterprise by the loan of large sums. 2 Izvestia (Bulletin), No. 24, pp. 51-67.

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