THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION - THE TREATY OF BREST-LITOVSK

Question 1

TOB-L: FIRST WORLD WAR

• Crucial factor in the downfall…
• Lenin’s quote…

Answer 1

First World War: Crucial factor in the downfall of both the Tsar and the Provisional Government
- Lenin: ‘declared war on war’ - called for peace negotiations

Question 2

POSITIVE: TREATY OF BREST-LITOVSK

Answer 2

• The war ended for Russia

- Germany: able to focus on the Western Front

Question 3

NEGATIVE: TREATY OF BREST LITOVSK

• Territory/land
• Ukraine
• Army / Warships
• Germany and the Treaty of Versailles

Answer 3

• Russia lost large amounts of territory/land (Finland, Poland)
• Lost Ukraine (even though they never had Ukraine in the first place)
• Russia’s army was weakened
• HOWEVER: Russia was relieved from the treaty after Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.

Question 4

TREATY OF BREST-LITVOSK: REQUIREMENTS

• Ukraine
• The Russian army
• Russia’s warships
• Black Sea to the Baltic Sea

Answer 4

GERMANY’S DEMANDS
= Control over Ukraine (Russia’s major brain source)
= Russian army (Demolished) and Russian warships (Disarmed)
= 1/3 of Russia from the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea

Question 5

THE TREATY OF BREST-LITVOSK: INFORMATION

• Ceasefire agreement
• Stalling the peace process
• Germans (1918)
• The Treaty of Brest-litvosk was signed

Answer 5

• Ceasefire agreement on 15th December 1917
• Trotsky: Stalling the peace process - Revolution in Berlin
• 1918: Germans launching an offensive
• March 3rd 1918: The treaty was signed.