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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286 THE ZEMSTVOS DURING THE WAR the organization of even its own munition factory until the very end of 1916, that is, one year and a half after beginning the work. Almost equally helpless in this respect were the local committees of the Zemgor. Their deliveries were late and even then there were about 50 per cent of damaged or otherwise imperfect shells. The only kind of munition that the zemstvos were able to manufacture in large quantities and to deliver up to time was the simplest, namely, hand grenades. It is scarcely necessary to refer again to the difficulties that beset the Zemgor in its attempt to build up munition factories. The Unions of Zemstvos and of Towns undoubtedly did all they possibly could, and it may be maintained that the enthusi- asm of the Russian public, its indignation, its earnest desire to help the army—were not completely wasted; the Ministry of War be- came less reckless; incapable generals were removed from office; and the campaign of 1916 was conducted with an almost adequate sup- ply of munitions. As regards the articles of military equipment, the Zemgor achieved a great deal. We have already seen that both unions were supplying the Army Supply Department almost from the beginning of the War. After the formation of the Zemgor, these supply opera- tions embraced many new branches, finally assuming gigantic pro- portions. It seemed as if there were no limit to the assistance for which the army authorities were asking the two unions. The Zemgor, for its part, in most instances did more to justify the hopes that were placed in it than would have been otherwise possible under the conditions then existing in Russia. Hand in hand with the work of supply went the work at the front, as a result of which the army was fully provided with engineering facilities and labor, as well as with training in methods of chemical warfare. We have seen also that the Zemgor rendered considerable services to industry by intervening in the haphazard removal of a large number of industrial works from localities threatened by the enemy, by helping to reopen these works in the interior, and by taking over the management of such of them as the directors were unable or un- willing to reopen after removal.

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