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The treaty of Brest Litovsk 1918
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as level Russian history Mind Map on The treaty of Brest Litovsk 1918, created by eveannesley on 05/21/2014.
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The treaty of Brest Litovsk 1918
Terms of the treaty
large amount of territory ceded to Germany
1/3 of European Russia
Ukraine: Russia's grain source
territory lost: population of 45 million
3 billion roubles in war reparations paid to Germany
Divergent attitudes among Bolsheviks regarding war
LENIN: wanted an immediate peace
Russia was militarily exhausted. also, whether germany won/lost it would not really matter to Russia, either way it would not be worse off
wanted the financial support from Germany to continue
TROTSKY: 'neither peace nor war' wanted to bbuy time
German armies would collapse
Revolution could start in Germany
TACTICS: disruptive, uncooperative
yawn/ interrupt whilst others were speaking
infuriate German representatives
launch into revolutionary speeches
Trotsky and Lenin were international revolutionaries, they had limited loyalty to Russia as a nation
terms of treaty were harsh to Russia
Reactions to the treaty
from the Bolsheviks
Trotsky: German 'diktat'
Lenin
emphasised the exhaustion of Russian troops
'Russia can offer no physical resistance beacuse she is materially exhausted by three years of war'
claimed that Russia would soon be in a position to reclaim its territories as in the aftermath of war, conflict would arise between capitalist powers
The Left-Communists
condemned signing of treaty
only agreed when Lenin persuaded them that party unity was vital in a time of crisis.
the outcome of the treaty
August 1918: collapse of Germany's Western front/total withdrawal of German forces from Russia
proved Lenin right- strengthened his hold over the party
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