Food Shortages - There was a lack of food in Moscow due to Petrograd only receiving half of the grain required to feed its citizens in 1917. These shortages lead to social unrest due to economic hardships as a result of inability for the masses to purchase staple foods. In the bloody Sunday, in February, rioting broke out in the city. Crowds attacked bakeries in a desperate search for bread as a result of economic issues.

Widespread Poverty

Unfair Taxation

Inflation

Widening Wealth Gap

Poverty and Inequality:

Many people, especially peasants and workers, struggled with poverty, having little land, limited resources, and very few opportunities to improve their lives.

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Workers' Discontent: Russia's factories grew, but workers suffered. They united for better treatment.

Land inequality- Peasants had very little land and worked on the high acres of land that the wealthy people owned

World War I:

The conflict caused enormous suffering for Russia through high losses among its armed forces as well as destructive economic conditions alongside severe food shortages. The country's condition worsened because of this because it pushed Russia toward the downfall of the Tsarist rule.

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Corruption and inefficiency were widespread in the imperial government, and ethnic minorities were eager to escape Russian domination. Peasants, workers, and soldiers finally rose up after the enormous and largely pointless slaughter of World War I destroyed Russia's economy as well as its prestige as a European power.

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