When World War I broke out, the Russian government banned liquor sales for efficient military mobilization. On August 22, 1914, Emperor Nicolas II extended the ban on vodka until the end of the war. Under the October 13 law, whether to prohibit the sale of other liquor was subject to the local self-government's decision. This system of abstinence, especially the ban on vodka, was based on the belief that the Tsar should protect peasants from intoxication and the resulting economic bankruptcy. Most Russian peasants adapted relatively easily, accepting a ban on vodka sale in the patriotic atmosphere of Russian society. In early period of the war, Russian peasants used their money saved to buy goods to improve their lives and agriculture. In addition, they not only faithfully paid their various taxes and public payments, but they also paid off their debts and saved a lot of money in banks. The fact that Russian peasants bought a number of “goods” suggests that these goods could fill some voids of state vodka in urban-rural trade. Peasants also continued to sell certain grains to the market for various taxes, public payments, debt repayments and savings. Thus, linking the ban on vodka directly to the food crisis and the resulting mass revolution in the major cities is an over-the-top logical leap. At the same time, Russian peasants were affected by changes in the overall social atmosphere. As a result, the early patriotic atmosphere gradually subsided, the government’s and even the emperor's authority was tarnished, and the moral guilt of the peasants for violating the dry law must have been reduced. In fact, it was virtually impossible to force Russian peasants to abstain from drinking for a long time. In rural areas, however, there were fewer violations of dry law than in cities, and Russian peasants drank different kinds of alcoholic beverages. They preferred moonshine, which spread rapidly in Siberia, Belorussia, and Ural areas from the late 1915. In some areas moonshine industry developed beyond the control of the police by the February Revolution. On the other hand, the production of moonshine was less developed in central and northern European Russia. With this regional difference, the production of moonshine had continued to spread in rural Russia since 1915, which led to a rapid increase in the number of cases caught by authorities. It means that the local authorities had been fighting hard to curb the spread of moonshine. Therefore, as the activities of authorities diminished after the February revolution, the violations of the dry law became more serious and frequent.