Question

Most of those Russians drafted to fight in World War I were peasants. This resulted in a(n)

scarcity of food, so people died of starvation.
untrained and unprepared military force.
appeal to women to do peasants’ jobs.
reason for the tsar to shut down peasant factories.

Answer 1

scarcity of food, so people died of starvation.

With millions of peasants conscripted, agricultural labor fell sharply, reducing food production and contributing to shortages, hunger, and social unrest.