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

Collection:: Economics Books

THE ZEMGOR lute necessity of uniting all the forces of the nation for the defense of the country. It was decided that the zemstvos and municipalities should work for the supply of the army under the general guidance of the central committees of the two unions. These committees, act- ing in close collaboration, were to establish close contact with the associations of commerce and industry, the codperative societies and professional organizations that were supplying the needs of the army. Special technical departments were established under the cen- tral committees of the two unions, and the codperation of eminent specialists was assured. Inquiries were then addressed to the zem- stvos and municipalities regarding the articles of military equip- ment which they might be able to produce. At Petrograd, the Minis- try of War supplied lists of articles required by the army, as well as the necessary samples, and made advance payments. When en- trusting orders to the Zemstvo Union, the Ministry of War gave expression to its “absolute confidence that the contemplated activity of the Union in supplying the army will yield the same beneficial results that have been shown throughout by its efforts to relieve the sick and wounded soldiers and to execute large orders for the Army Supply Department.” At first each union worked independently. Soon, however, the work of the two unions and the work that was being done by the war industries committees began to overlap. At headquarters there was a scarcity of efficient experts, and there was danger of a rivalry and duplication of effort that might prove fatal to the whole enterprise. The two unions therefore decided to combine their work for the sup- ply of the army, and on July 10, 1915, the “Committee of the All- Russian Unions of Zemstvos and of Towns for the Supply of the Army,” or, as it was commonly known, the Zemgor, came into opera- tion. Organization. The membership of the Central Committee of the Zemgor In- cluded the high commissioners of the two unions and four repre- sentatives of each union appointed by the respective central com- mittees. The chairmanship was left to the high commissioners, to be determined by agreement. A deputy chairman was also appointed by each of the two unions. The Central Committee of the Zemgor was charged with the general direction of the work. It received the

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