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 XV. The effects of the war upon the work of local government

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EFFECTS OF THE WAR 297 quite satisfactory. Zemstvo taxes were still being paid regularly. For instance, according to the figures furnished by the district zem- stvo board of Zenkov, province of Poltava, the receipts on account of zemstvo taxes in 1915 were even better than they had been before the War, for these had reached 75 per cent of the total revenue in 1914 and 64 per cent in 1915, as compared with only 53 per cent previous to the War. In 1916, however, owing to the rapid rise in the cost of living, the financial position of the southern zemstvos likewise deteriorated, and the estimates began to rise rapidly. Dur- ing the few years preceding the War the average yearly increase in the zemstvo budgets was 15 per cent. In 1915, however, there was a slight decrease, namely 1.3 per cent. The budgets for 1916 had once more increased, by 8 per cent over those of the preceding year, and in 1917 the growth of the budgets is still more pronounced. For instance in 1917 the provincial zemstvo of Samara increased its budget by 81 per cent, and the provincial zemstvo of Mogilev, by 70 per cent over those of 1916. The provincial zemstvo of Kursk increased its budget by 17 per cent; the provincial zemstvos of Poltava and Kostroma, by 36 per cent; and the provincial zemstvo of Orenburg, by more than 90 per cent. The budget figures in the province of Kostroma reveal the changes that occurred in the appropriations for the principal activities for nearly the whole war period. If we take the appropria- tions made by the provincial and district zemstvos of Kostroma for 1914 as equal to 100, the appropriations for the succeeding years will be expressed in the following figures: Zemstvo Budgets in the Province of Kostroma. Total budget Including: Schools Public charities Public health Economic measures Veterinary service Uv 20 100 100 8 o7 J) N16 a 73 1917 166 133 315 134 119 48 As will be seen from this table, the zemstvo appropriations for the principal activities in 1917 considerably exceeded those made in

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