RUSSIA. 



THE RUSSIAN CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT DURING THE WAR. 



SOURCES : 



N. O. : -O n;eHTpaJii>HOM'B coios'^fe noTpe6HTeJibHfciX'i> o6mecTBij (The Central Union 

 of Societies of Consumption), in: ToprOBOnpoMBimJieHHaa raseTa [Journal of In- 

 dustry and Commerce), organ of the Ministry of Finances N° 92, Petrograd, 1917. 



S. P. V. : CeJibCKO-xosaiicTBeHHaa: npoHSBOj^iiTejibHaa KOonepan;ia {Co-operation 

 of Production in Agriculture), in ToproBonpoMEJinJieHHaH raaeTa, No. 102, Petro- 

 grad, 1917. 



Cheissin (M.) : HncJieHHOCTB pycCKoS KOonepan;in {The Statistics of the Russian 

 Co-operative Movement), in B'feCTHHK'b Koonepamin {The Messenger of Co-operation), 

 Nos. 2 and 3. Petrograd, 1917- 



SoNEV (A.) : Russian Co-operation in 1916, in : The Russian Co-operator, No. 6, lyondon, 1917. 



S. A.: CeJibCK0-X03HiicTBeHHaH Koonepaniia {Agricultural Co-operation), in: B-fecT- 

 HHKt MeJiKaro Kpefl,HTa {The Messenger of Small Credi'), No 4, 1917. 



§ I . The Development of Co-operation in General. 



The war has given a vigorous impulse to co-operation in Russia where 

 since the outbreak of hostilities the co-operative movement has been excep- 

 tional in the history of the world. A mere comparison of the data for 1914 

 with those for 1916 shows very clearly the importance of this development. 



As appears in the following table the number of co-operative societies 

 of certain categories has been almost doubled while that of those of all 

 categories has increased by more than 60 per cent. 



Table I. — Number of Co-operative Societies from 1914 to 1917. 



Kind of Societies 



1914 



Number of Societies in the year 

 1915 1916 



Percentage 



of increase 



in Number 



of 



Societies 



1917 



19 14 



1917 



Co-operative credit . 



12,985 14,586 15,436 16,055 100 182 



Co-operative consumption 10,080 12,000 18,000 20,000 100 198 



Agricultural 4.707 5'795 



Co-operative agricultural 1,278 1,278 

 Co-operative butter fac- 

 tories 2,000 2,000 



5,820 6,132 100 176 



1,981 

 2,500 



2,100 100 161 

 3,000 100 166 



Total 



31,050 35,659 43,737 47,287 100 166 



