Well i would assume this is a simile since the use of “as” and it’s comparing one thing to another :)
<span>leather saddles and stirrups</span>
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As goods became more and more scarce, prices went through the roof, and soon famine consumed Russian cities. World War 1 depleted the countries economy and led to the Russian Revolution in 1917 which led to the collapse of the empire and the takeover of the Bolsheviks.
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