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 IV. General outline of the work of the Union of Zemstvos

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WORK OF THE UNION that no stores could be laid in. Nevertheless, the purchasing depart- ment of the Central Committee at once took up this work with a great deal of energy. In different sections of Moscow, it obtained spacious premises, which were often placed at its disposal free of charge, and very soon seven vast depots of medical supplies were organized. At first it was impossible to dispense with the services of middle- men in the purchasing operations, even though they were very costly and, moreover, the orders were not always conscientiously executed. Only with difficulty and very slowly was it found possible to discard the traditional methods of commercial business and avoid their abuses. Many of the larger firms were drawn into direct business re- lations with the Zemstvo Union. From every section of the country reports were now being telegraphed by the Union as to what goods were locally available. Agents of the purchasing department were sent to various business centers in Russia and enabled, with the aid of the local committees of the Union and the zemstvo boards, to buy up considerable quantities of the required goods. At the central de- pot in Moscow a testing laboratory was set up with the help of teachers and instructors of the commercial schools, to compare goods received with the standard samples and to test them by approved technical methods. To attend to the daily expanding operations con- nected with the receipt and dispatch of goods, an association (artel) which deposited a heavy bond for its members, was engaged, and it agreed to furnish any number of men that might be required. All warehouses and depots were handed over to this organization, while the employees and officers of the Zemstvo Union were instructed to exercise a general supervision and direct the work. Equipment. In the course of the first four months of the War it was possible to make purchases of supplies and materials amounting to nearly 17,000,000 rubles. Since the demand from the various localities dur- ing the same period did not exceed the sum of 12,500,000 rubles, it will be seen that in this respect the Union had more than attained its object. The business of these depots, however, was not confined to purchasing, packing, and dispatching. If they had bought linen for patients and beds in the regular way they would have had to wait much too long for the orders to be executed, besides having to

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