Russian Campaigns and Battles

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The Battle of Tannenberg

Worst Russian defeat

Over 30,000 Russian casualties

more than 95,000 Russian soldiers taken prisoner

500 Russian artillery guns captured

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The Brusilov Offensive

Achieved initial success

Demolished Austrian Fourth and Seventh Armies

Austrians lost 1.5 million men

Took place in Ukraine

Pulled troops away from the Italian front to fight the Germans

Germany was able to bring reinforcements to the front

Alexander von Linsingen counterattacked the Russians

Russians short on supplies

Achieved original goal of forcing Germany to halt attack on Verdun

German army did not suffer much from the operation

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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

peace treaty signed on the 3rd March 1918 between new Bolshevik powers and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire)

Ended Russia's participation in World War 1.