Tatiana Committee
Russian war-refugee relief organization / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Committee of Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna for the Temporary Relief of Victims of War (Russian: Комитет Ее Императорского Величества Великой княжны Татьяны Николаевны для оказания временной помощи пострадавшим от военных бедствий), commonly known simply as the Tatiana Committee (Russian: Татьянинский комитет), was a war-refugee relief organization during World War I in the Russian Empire. Organized in September 1914 and named after Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna, daughter of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, the committee provided aid (food, clothing, shelter, etc.) to refugees and others affected by the war, organized schools and hospitals, provided grants to other charitable organizations. It was the central refugee relief organizations in Russia until the establishment of the Special Council of Refugees (Russian: Особое совещание по устройству беженцев) on 30 August 1915.[1] The Tatiana Committee was reorganized after the February Revolution in 1917 – it dropped Tatiana's name, announced elections to key posts, allowed refugees to represent themselves.[2] The reorganized committee was known as the All-Russian Committee to Assist Victims of War (Russian: Всероссийский комитет для оказания помощи пострадавшим от военных действий). Deprived of its semi-official government status and state funding, the committee diminished significantly.[3]