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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.
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