War Industry Committees

The War Industry Committees (WIC) were set up in Imperial Russia in 1915 in order to respond to the munitions crisis particularly following a series of defeats on the Galician Front in April 1915.

Whereas there were 226 district and local committees set up by February 1916, the Central War Industry Committee had a specific role in terms of allocating money, contracts and materials n behalf of the state. The more local committees developed according to the conditions from which they emerged and there was not always a strong link with the Central WIC.[1] The Moscow WIC, for example, was quite independent of the Central WIC, and under Pavel Ryabushinsky they frequently organised contracts without going through the Central WIC.[1]

Central War Industry Committee

In July 1915 Alexander Guchkov, of the Progressive Bloc was elected chair of the Central War Industry Committee.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Peeling, Siobhan. "War Industry Committees". International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
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