Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
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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
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"
Adolph Joffe
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Adolph Abramovich Joffe was a Russian revolutionary, Bolshevik politician and Soviet diplomat of Karaite descent.
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
…the armistice on the Eastern Front in December 1917, was signed at Brest-Litovsk (now Brest, Belarus). The Soviet delegation was initially headed by Adolph Joffe, and key figures from the Central Powers included Max Hoffmann and Richard von Kühlmann of Germany, Ottokar Czernin of Austria-Hungary, and Talaat Pasha…
Joffe in 1918
Joffe signing the 1920 Treaty of Tartu