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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64 THE ZEMSTVOS DURING THE WAR by the Zemstvo Union, and, under its supervision, very quickly managed to produce twenty-five different types of instruments in most common use. Considerable difficulty was at first met with in furnishing proper equipment for the operating rooms of the hospitals and for the dis- infecting rooms. There was also trouble in finding a sufficient quan- tity of sterilizers and X-Ray apparatus. Gradually, however, orders for these articles were handed over to the big firms of Moscow and Petrograd. As for other articles required for the proper treatment of patients, there was an abundance of them in the Russian market, so that at no time was there any hindrance to the purchasing opera- tions in these fields. In the supply of dressing material, on the other hand, the Union experienced some very painful difficulties. The enormous demand and the deficiency of supply brought about an orgy of speculation, so that it was often necessary practically to force the speculators to surrender such material at any price. After a while, however, it was found possible to supply the local needs, and after the crisis of the first few months had passed, the big and reliable firms were given large orders. At the same time the Union was able to bring in for- eign dressing material, chiefly from the United States. As frequent requests would come to headquarters for ready-made and sterilized bandages, it became necessary to open, under the supervision of doctors, several sterilizing plants, where the material was received mostly free of charge from large numbers of Moscow families who prepared it voluntarily, and also from various institutions such as girls’ high schools, convents, and similar organizations. These were only the first steps, however. As the work of the Zem- stvo Union expanded it was found necessary to establish a perma- nent purchasing commission in London under the Anglo-Russian Committee for the utilization of foreign markets. This commission managed during the first six months of its activity to buy drugs alone to the value of 8,200,000 rubles. The total value of the medi- cal supplies bought by the end of 1916 already approached one million rubles a month,’ and for 1917 the Central Committee ap- proved estimates providing for a total of 8,257,176 rubles worth of surgical instruments, disinfecting apparatus, and dental equip- + Kratki Obgor Deyatelnosti (Outline) of the work of the Union of Zem- stvos from March 12, 1916, to December 9, 1916, Moscow, 1917, pp. 24-25.

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