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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272 THE ZEMSTVOS DURING THE WAR orders from the Government and allocated them among the zemstvos and municipalities; it also received the articles provided on the vari- ous orders and delivered them to the Ministry of War. Another function was to administer all funds furnished by the Government for supplies. It also had to arrange, when necessary, for the con- struction of factories and works. In addition to the usual executive machinery, departments of the Central Committee of the Zemgor were created to deal with the following matters: military-techni- cal, orders, raw materials, production, communications and trans- port, and munitions. The largest of these departments was the military-technical, which was subdivided into the following sections: shells, armaments, trench instruments, electro-technical, chemical, automobiles, and technical information. This department also main- :ained a permanent exhibition of samples, besides a drawing office. Following the example of the Zemstvo Union, provincial and dis- trict committees of the Zemgor were established, having among their members scientists and experts, representatives of merchants, manu- tacturers, and of other groups. The membership was not definitely prescribed, but varied according to local conditions. The provincial committee functioned as the directing and codrdinating organ for the district committees. It received orders from the central commit- tees, allocated them among the districts, made advance payments on such orders to the district committees, supervised the prompt execu- tion of the orders, and assumed general responsibility for them. The Central Committee of the Zemgor had four principal func- tions: (1) It placed the orders of the Ministry of War and assisted in their execution. (2) It assisted in the evacuation of industrial astablishments from areas threatened by enemy invasion. (3) It or- ganized factories and other industrial enterprises. (4) It supplied the needs of the front directly. Army Orders. Orders had to be distributed with due consideration to technical possibilities in each locality and with a view to the greatest possible economy. Economy, however, could not always be attained, since the urgency of orders often made it necessary to place them, not where they might be executed on the most favorable terms, but wherever they could be executed promptly, even though at a much higher

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