Historical place archive

Brest-Litovsk in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Brest-Litovsk in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels2 people1917–1918

Historical events in Brest-Litovsk

1917

15 December 1917
Armistice with Central Powers
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin · Revolution of Russia

An armistice halts fighting between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers while formal peace negotiations continue.

1918

3 March 1918
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Georgy Vasilyevich Chicherin · Revolution of Russia

Chicherin signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk for Soviet Russia, formally ending Russia's participation in the First World War.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Russia and Brest-Litovsk. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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