▁unw illing ▁citizens ▁being ▁sent ▁off ▁to ▁war . ▁The ▁vast ▁demand ▁for ▁factory ▁production ▁of ▁war ▁supplies ▁and ▁workers ▁resulted ▁in ▁many ▁more ▁labor ▁ri ots ▁and ▁strik es . ▁Cons cription ▁stri pped ▁sk illed ▁workers ▁from ▁the ▁cities , ▁who ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁replaced ▁with ▁un sk illed ▁pe as ants . ▁When ▁fam ine ▁began ▁to ▁hit ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁poor ▁railway ▁system , ▁workers ▁abandoned ▁the ▁cities ▁in ▁dro ves ▁seeking ▁food . ▁Finally , ▁the ▁soldiers ▁themselves , ▁who ▁suffered ▁from ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁equipment ▁and ▁protection ▁from ▁the ▁elements , ▁began ▁to ▁turn ▁against ▁the ▁Ts ar . ▁This ▁was ▁mainly ▁because , ▁as ▁the ▁war ▁progress ed , ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁officers ▁who ▁were ▁loyal ▁to ▁the ▁Ts ar ▁were ▁killed , ▁being ▁replaced ▁by ▁dis content ed ▁cons cript s ▁from ▁the ▁major ▁cities ▁who ▁had ▁little ▁loyal ty ▁to ▁the ▁Ts ar . ▁ ▁Political ▁issues ▁ ▁Many ▁sections ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁had ▁reason ▁to ▁be ▁diss atisf ied ▁with ▁the ▁existing ▁aut ocracy . ▁Nicholas ▁II ▁was ▁a ▁deeply ▁conserv ative ▁r uler ▁and ▁maintained ▁a ▁strict ▁author itar ian ▁system . ▁Ind ividual s ▁and ▁society ▁in ▁general ▁were ▁expected ▁to ▁show ▁self - rest raint , ▁dev otion ▁to ▁community , ▁de ference ▁to ▁the ▁social ▁hierarchy ▁and ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁duty ▁to ▁the ▁country . ▁Relig ious ▁faith ▁helped ▁bind ▁all ▁of ▁these ▁ten ets ▁together ▁as ▁a ▁source ▁of ▁comfort ▁and ▁re ass urance ▁in ▁the ▁face ▁of