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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918
Brest-Litovsk is today's Brest in southwestern Belarus. Here is
Brest-Litovsk on a WWI map.
BREST-LITOVSK, MAP LOCATION 1917
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The two Treaties of Brest-Litovsk were
World War I
peace treaties.
The First Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed on February 9, 1918,
between the Central Powers and the Ukrainian Republic.
The Second Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was
signed on March 3, 1918, between the Central Powers and the Soviet
Union (Russia.)
What Did the Treaties
of Brest-Litovsk Stipulate?
Russia lost the Ukraine, Poland, Transcaucasia, the Baltic (Estonia,
Latvia, Lithuania) and Finland to Germany.
But
the Germans didn't have long to celebrate. They lost the entire war
on November 11, 1918.
What Impact Did the
Treaties of Brest-Litovsk Have?
Signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
shook up Russian politics and further contributed to an already
unstable situation.
See
Russian Revolution of 1917 and
Russian Civil War 1918-1920.
This map illustrates the Treaty of
Brest-Litovsk.
1917-8 WWI:
Eastern Front
Here is one more
Map of the Russian Civil War 1917-1920
Who were the Central Powers? Germany and
its allies. Here is a map of the Central Powers.
Europe 1914 - Allied, Central, and Neutral
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