Treaty Of Brest Litovsk

Question 1

What was the treaty of Brest Litovsk?

Answer 1

Peace agreement between Russia and Germany, removing Russia from WW1

Question 2

Why did Lenin sign the treaty of Brest litovsk?

Answer 2

• He promised peace

• Lenin assumed communist revolutions would spread throughout Europe
—> So terms would be overturned

Question 3

What were the conditions of the treaty of Brest Litovsk?

Answer 3

• Germans captured land in Finland, Ukraine and the Baltic states

• Russia lost
- 26% of its railway
- 27% of its farmland
- 74% of its iron and coal reserves
- 1/6 of its population (62,000,000)

Question 4

What are the consistencies of the treaty of Brest Litovsk?

Answer 4

• Conservative, patriotic Russians humiliated by land loss
- said it was given up by communists
- supported white army in civil war

• Bolshevik party informally split
- SRs walked out of Sovnarkom

• Lenin ended factions in the Bolshevik party