ALL-RUSSIAN ZEMEKIY UNION) COMMITTEE OF THE SOUTH-WESTERN FRONT.
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On March 30, 1914, ten days after the declaration of war, a congress of authorized provincial zemstvos was held in Moscow, at which the organization of the All-Russian Zemstvo Union for helping sick and wounded soldiers, proposed by the Moscow Provincial Zemstvo, was adopted. All provincial zemstvos, except Kursk, joined the Union. The Union was given the following simple organization. General management of the Union's activities was retained by the assembly of authorized provincial zemstvos, which elects the Chief Commissioner and the Main Committee of 10 members. Provincial and regional committees were organized at the localities.
On August 12, 1914, according to the All-Russian Report of the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Highest consent was given to dissolve the activities of the All-Russian Zemstvo Union during the present war. In addition, even at the very beginning of the activity of the Zemstvo Union, the Russian Red Cross Society accepted it under its flag..
Initially it was assumed that the activities of the All-Russian “Vzemsky Union” would be limited only to organizing medical treatment