When the first World War started, it impacted Russia and the Russian revolution greatly. On the one hand, it once again renewed a sense of nationalism in the country, temporarily stalling the revolution, but it also helped the movement because the war brought a collapse of the economy, made the lower class intolerant of their mistreatment, and discredited the tsar. Because all the men were leaving to fight in the war, abandoning their work and agriculture, the country’s working force sagged, the prices rose, and the economy plummeted. Another reason for this drop in the economy was the food shortages. Between the many peasants, the soldiers and the war, there was no food to go around, and only the upper class seemed to be well-fed. As a Russian
