Russian+Armistice+and+the+Treaty+of+Brest-Litovsk


 * __ Russian Armistice and the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk __**
 * __ The Russian Revolution __**
 * Started in February of 1917
 * Soviets took over Short-Term Government
 * Russia Became unstable, and couldn’t perform in the war
 * They Needed a fast way to get out of the war as fast as the possibly could
 * Negotiations
 * __ Negotiations __ **
 * Negotiations between central powers and Russia began on December 22, 1917
 * Negotiations took place in Brest-Litovsk (now in Belarus)
 * Bolsheviks demanded "peace without annexations or indemnities"
 * German demanded “independence” of Poland and Lithuania
 * The Russians, frustrated, left the peace negotiations on February 10, 1918
 * The central powers resumed hostilities against Russia on February 18, 1918
 * They soon approached the Gulf of Finland and Petrograd
 * Russia, helpless was forced to accept terms worse than what they originally rejected
 * __ Terms of the Treaty __ **
 * Signed on March 3, 1918
 * Russia could completely withdraw from the war
 * A large portion of land was given to Germany and the Ottoman Empire
 * Included a quarter of population, a quarter of its industry and nine tenths of its coal mines


 * __ Effects of the Treaty __ **
 * Russia moved their government from Petrograd to Moscow
 * Set an example of how Germany would have treated all allied nations
 * Made terms in Treaty of Versailles more harsh for the central powers
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