Ottokar Czernin
Videos
Ottokar Theobald Otto Maria Graf Czernin von und zu Chudenitz was an Austro-Hungarian diplomat and politician during the time of World War I, notably serving as Foreign Minister from 1916 to 1918.
Ottokar Graf Czernin Project Gutenberg e Text 17998
Von Czernin in his ambassadorial uniform. Portrait by Friedrich Miess
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Videos
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a separate peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between Russia and the Central Powers, by which Russia withdrew from World War I. The treaty, which followed months of ne
Ottokar Czernin
…von Czernin the loathing of Austrian Poles, who also had claimed Chełm. He reached the highlight of his career by subsequently signing peace treaties with Russia on 3 March and with Romania on 7 May and was considered the leading diplomat of the Central Powers. The Sixtus Affair, however, led to Count von Czernin's…
The first page of the treaty in (from left to right) German, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Ottoman Turkish, and Russian
Lev Kamenev arriving at Brest-Litovsk
Signing of the armistice between Russia and Germany on 15 December 1917. Prince Leopold of Bavaria signing the treaty
Special edition of the Lübeckischen Anzeigen, with the headline as: "Peace with Ukraine"