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 XIII. The Joint Committee of the unions of Zemstvos and of towns for the supply of military equipment and munitions

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CHAPTER XIII THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE UNIONS OF ZEMSTVOS AND OF TOWNS FOR THE SUPPLY OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND MUNITIONS Origins. THE joint committee of the Unions of Zemstvos and of Towns was known in Russia by its abbreviated designation of “Zemgor,” a com- bination of the two first syllables of the words zemstvo and gorod {gorod meaning town). The origin of the committee, as has been noted previously, dates from the time when the defeats suffered by the Russian troops in Galicia and Poland “opened everybody’s eyes to the inadequacy of the technical equipment of the Russian army. The whole nation was thereupon inspired with desire to come to the aid of the army, which was suffering defeat because of the lack of shells and other munitions . . . the public clamor for the reorgani- zation of supply became irresistible and the Government had to make concessions.’ On May 26, 1915, the ninth congress of representatives of com- merce and industry met at Petrograd. Laying aside all professional interests, this body expressed itself emphatically in favor of an im- mediate mobilization of Russian industry and of its adaptation to war needs. This decision took concrete form in the organization of the so-called war industries committees. In addition to the merchants and manufacturers, scientists and experts were enlisted in the work of these committees, besides representatives of railways and steam- ship companies, of labor and of the two unions. A joint meeting of the Central Committee of the Unions of Zemstvos and of Towns sent its greetings to the permanent council of the congress of commerce and industry, welcoming its decision. It also resolved to summon on June 5 meetings to be held simultaneously by representatives of zemstvos and towns for the purpose of discussing the problems of military supplies. Both these meetings frankly told the Government many bitter truths, but they recognized at the same time the abso- * Izvestia (Bulletin) of the Zemgor, No. 1, p. 5.

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