Summary
Peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918 marking Russia's exit from World War I
Treaty of Bret Litovsk, 1918
- Peace negotiations began December 22, 1917
- Peace treaty signed on March 3rd, 1918
- Took place at Bret-Litovsk between Russia and the Central Powers
- Marked Russia's exit from WWI
- Seen as obsolete within a year of signing
- Affirmed independence of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Lithuania
- Germans were represented by Foreign Secretary Richard von Kühlmann