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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kaspy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">THE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic" /><issn publication-format="print">1818-510X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="ru">Астраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1550</article-id><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>Purchasing food operations of the city government in the years of the world war first (on the example of Astrakhan)</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>Purchasing food operations of the city government in the years of the world war first (on the example of Astrakhan)</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Piliptsov</surname><given-names>I.N.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Piliptsov</surname><given-names>I.N.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>honestfox@inbox.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2588" /></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff2588"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub"><year>2017</year></pub-date><issue>2</issue><fpage>44</fpage><lpage>49</lpage><history /><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2017/issue/2/article/1550">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2017/issue/2/article/1550</self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/2(51)/44-49.pdf" content-type="pdf">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/2(51)/44-49.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>The article deals with the issue of the local government's procurement operations in Astrakhan. Based on archived materials, there was determined the information about purchased goods, their quantity and cost. The desire of urban government to profit from the sale of goods and the preservation of part of the foodstuffs by the beginning of 1917 was shown. In conclusion there was insufficient level of supplying the urban population with food.</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article deals with the issue of the local government's procurement operations in Astrakhan. Based on archived materials, there was determined the information about purchased goods, their quantity and cost. The desire of urban government to profit from the sale of goods and the preservation of part of the foodstuffs by the beginning of 1917 was shown. In conclusion there was insufficient level of supplying the urban population with food.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>закупочные операции</kwd><kwd>Городская управа</kwd><kwd>продовольствие</kwd><kwd>Астрахань</kwd><kwd>Первая мировая война</kwd><kwd>procurement operations</kwd><kwd>City government</kwd><kwd>food</kwd><kwd>Astrakhan</kwd><kwd>World War First</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>закупочные операции</kwd><kwd>Городская управа</kwd><kwd>продовольствие</kwd><kwd>Астрахань</kwd><kwd>Первая мировая война</kwd><kwd>procurement operations</kwd><kwd>City government</kwd><kwd>food</kwd><kwd>Astrakhan</kwd><kwd>World War First</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement /></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement /></funding-group></article-meta></front><body /><back><ref-list /></back></article>