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 was created by the Central Committee of the Zemgor. Its agents, stationed at the most important points along the railways, would establish contact with the local railway officials, take measures to ob- tain the necessary rolling stock, see to it that raw materials and finished products were loaded promptly, and send some subordinate member of the staff to accompany such consignments. These agents very soon developed much ability and resource, learning every detail of the methods and ways of the railway men. They kept a close watch on the cars entrusted to their care, seeing to it that they were not detached from the train at some out-of-the-way station—a thing which used frequently to be done under cover of darkness—and even though they sometimes failed to obtain safe delivery at destination, they knew at least where to look for the lost consignment. The difficult task of finding the raw material and fuel required for production was left to the care of the materials department of the Zemgor. Thanks to the efforts of this department, raw materials worth about 16,000,000 rubles were purchased up to January 1, 1916, and all factories working on orders of the Zemgor were able to obtain a sufficient supply of raw materials and fuel. A serious ob- stacle to the prompt execution of orders was found in the great shortage of local labor. This could only be dealt with by means of incessant requests for the return of mobilized skilled workers to their places of residence. Many of these requests remained unheeded. Con- siderable harm was also done by the growing competition and ri- valry between the Zemgor and the Ministry of War. To such ex- tremes did this rivalry go that the Government would sometimes requisition raw materials that had been bought by the Zemgor, and in some cases the Ministry of War, by raising the prices of its orders above the “limit prices,” would make it impossible to place the orders allotted to the Zemgor, as the latter was not in a position to exceed the prescribed prices. Gradually, however, all these obstacles were overcome by the Zem- gor, and by the end of 1915 it was in a position to commence deliveries of finished articles of military equipment. On March 1, 1916, the total value of orders filled and completed was 15,650,195 rubles. From this date onward the execution of orders proceeded at an increasingly rapid pace. 3 Ibid., Nos. 15-16, p. 5.

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