ASAP WILL GIVE 45 POINTS! How did World War I contribute to revolution in Russia? Russian soldiers and civilians faced hunger and death and the nation was on the verge of collapse. The war brought wealth to many factory owners and they objected to new taxes imposed by the tsar. After being conquered by the Allies in the war, the Russian people rebelled against foreign control. Russia had sided with Germany in the war, and many Russians protested the alliance.