Change of the Management System and Formation of the Russian Wartime Mobilization Economy Model during the First World War

Abstract

The problem of the economic transformation has always been one of the main issues for the economists of all times. Nowadays it gains particular relevancy. The first experience of transforming the peacetime market economy into the economy based on the wartime mobilization principles was acquired by Russia during the First World War, which is considered the first total war in history. To provide the army with all the necessary weapon, ammunition and food a concentration of all the powers, resources and assets was needed. To win it was necessary to change the system of the governmental administration by filling it with new content. The article highlights the main stages of the new management structure formation, which could face the challenges of that time; a characteristic of the new administrative bodies is given as well as the general range of problems which the government faced while reforming the administration system.

Keywords

• wartime mobilization economy
• stavka of the supreme commander
• main artillery directorate
• s.n. vankov’s organization
• special administrative commission on artillery
• special council
• all-russian zemstvo union
• all-russian union of cities
• military-industrial committees