BREST-LITOVSK, TREATY OF


Meaning of BREST-LITOVSK, TREATY OF in English

(March 3, 1918) Peace treaty signed at Brest-Litovsk (now in Belarus) by the Central Powers with Soviet Russia, concluding hostilities between those countries in World War I .

Russia lost the Ukraine, its Polish and Baltic territories, and Finland by signing the treaty, which was later annulled by the Armistice .

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