Zemgor (russian: Земгор or Объединённый комитет Земского союза и Союза городов; literally ''United Committee of the Union of

Zemstvo A ''zemstvo'' ( rus, земство, p=ˈzʲɛmstvə, plural ''zemstva'' – rus, земства) was an institution of local government set up during the great emancipation reform of 1861 carried out in Imperial Russia by Emperor Alexande ...

s and the Union of Towns'') was a Russian organization created in 1915 to help the government with their efforts in

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. The first Chairman of the Committee was Prince

Georgy Lvov Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov (7/8 March 1925) was a Russian aristocrat and statesman who served as the first prime minister of republican Russia from 15 March to 20 July 1917. During this time he served as Russia's ''de facto'' head of s ...

, a representative of the

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. The organization was disbanded by

Bolshevik The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...

s in 1919. While disbanded in Russia, a number of emigrated former functionaries decided to reestablish the organization with the same abbreviated name, Zemgor, and in 1921 it was officially registered in

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as an organization helping Russian emigrants. Its official names were Российский Земско-городской комитет помощи российским гражданам за границей in Russian and ''Comite des Zemstvos et Municipalités Russes de Secours des Citoyens russes à l'étranger'' in French. The first chairman of the Paris organization was Georgy Lvov, then A. I. Konovalov and A. D. Avksentiev. In the beginning of 1920s Zemgor was recognized as the main welfare organization helping Russian emigrants but later went into obscurity.Zemgor article in Rubricon online encyclopedia

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{{reflist Russian Empire History of Paris White Russian emigration 1915 establishments in the Russian Empire 1919 disestablishments 1921 establishments in France World War I