The Dry Law and the Russian Revolution

Zars Alexander II, who fancied himself a reformer, pushed the dry law in 1914 that banned all liquor sales outside of restaurants. Nicholas mostly wanted to sober up the nation to improve its chances in the First World War. Displeasure over the dry law may have contributed to the Russian Revolution. But boy, if you thought Nicholas was a buzzkill, meet the guy you're going to end up with at the end of the revolution: Lenin.