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 III. Origin and organization of the All-Russian Union of Zemstvos

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54 THE ZEMSTVOS DURING THE WAR and Manchuria, and appointed Prince G. E. Lvov, chairman of the zemstvo board of Tula, to direct these activities in the war zone. Fourteen zemstvos succeeded in complying with the formalities of the law, made the requisite appropriations of funds, and organized hospitals and canteens. But at this juncture the Ministry of the Interior decided to intervene and apply repressive measures, with the object of annihilating this attempt at zemstvos to codrdinate their work. Prince Lvov, however, in a personal audience with the Emperor, succeeded in obtaining the full approval of the Tsar for the new zemstvo enterprise, and the imperial statements to this ef- fect received publication. To undo what had thus been done was no longer possible, and the Minister of the Interior, von Pleve, had to content himself with the following measures: (1) He prohibited the remaining zemstvos not only from joining the fourteen that had already succeeded in creat- ing a union, but even from discussing this subject at their assem- blies, and (2) at the very first opportunity that presented itself, he removed from the management of the zemstvo organization M. Shi- pov, whom he styled a “self-appointed head of the united zemstvos.” It was only upon the death of this despotic statesman, in the autumn of 1904, that his orders were repealed and all the zemstvos of the country were enabled to join the organization. The hospitals and canteens fitted out by the united zemstvos met with a hearty welcome at the front and, although nominally under the jurisdiction of the Red Cross, they were able, thanks to the un- tiring efforts of Prince Lvov, to secure almost complete freedom of action. After the War they were disbanded, but the united zemstvo organization continued to function, rendering to the people the kind of aid that they sorely needed at that moment—opening public kitchens in areas affected by famine, fighting the epidemics that were ravaging the country, doing everything within their power to ameliorate the suffering due to the unprecedented forest and village fires, and providing food and hospital treatment for settlers on their way to new land in Siberia. The Outbreak of the Great War. In 1914, the united zemstvos were under the leadership of Prince Lvov. No sooner was the report of the declaration of war received than he went to work. Premises were rented for supply depots.

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