Starvation. For all the "Holodomor" shit neoliberals and conservatives love to spew, late-WW1 era Russia was plagued by famine. The anti-serf revolt of the late 19th century had given legs to a lot of local working peoples' movements and the state wasn't really organized enough to suppress revolts that erupted during recession. WW1 moved a lot of young people out of the country for extended periods, taxing the agricultural communities. And when the fourth year of war saw another devastating defeat to the Germans, many of the soldiers were coming home with empty bellies while carrying dead friends were greeted by starving relatives.
The conscripts revolted and the Tsar abdicated his thrown. Then the new republican government tried to launch a new war effort in the spring, triggering another revolt and a final end to Russian aristocracy.
The next decade was a horrible civil war, in which the White Guard aristocratic loyalists - with support from foreign governments - tried to install a military junta and failed. The Red Guard - loyal to the Bolshevik leadership - took the reins of a broken nation and proceeded to spend the decade after that rebuilding and industrializing. This pretty much ended famine in the Russian Soviet State until WW2 broke out.
Starvation. For all the "Holodomor" shit neoliberals and conservatives love to spew, late-WW1 era Russia was plagued by famine. The anti-serf revolt of the late 19th century had given legs to a lot of local working peoples' movements and the state wasn't really organized enough to suppress revolts that erupted during recession. WW1 moved a lot of young people out of the country for extended periods, taxing the agricultural communities. And when the fourth year of war saw another devastating defeat to the Germans, many of the soldiers were coming home with empty bellies while carrying dead friends were greeted by starving relatives.
The conscripts revolted and the Tsar abdicated his thrown. Then the new republican government tried to launch a new war effort in the spring, triggering another revolt and a final end to Russian aristocracy.
The next decade was a horrible civil war, in which the White Guard aristocratic loyalists - with support from foreign governments - tried to install a military junta and failed. The Red Guard - loyal to the Bolshevik leadership - took the reins of a broken nation and proceeded to spend the decade after that rebuilding and industrializing. This pretty much ended famine in the Russian Soviet State until WW2 broke out.