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The Ukranian Brest peace accord

The Russian way of withdrawal from WW1 and anatomy of the conflict…

The history of the treaty of Brest-Litovsk is a dark spot in the Russian history which is mostly known from official soviet textbooks. The lengthy relation of the negotiations that led to a separate peace between the revolutionary Russia from the one side and Germany with its allies on the other reads almost like a detective novel. What makes it especially spicy, a fact that is little known outside a tiny circle of experts, is that the Russian diplomatic defeat in Brest-Litovsk was due not only to the inconsistent adventures of the Petrograd negotiators. A key role in the game was played by a "joker". A new partner had unexpectedly joined the negotiating table, the Ukrainian Central Rada, and managed to sign a separate peace accord with many behind the back of the Petrograd delegation. Bibliographical references