Why Did Russia Win The First World War

Several treaties were signed during World War One including the infamous Treaty of Versailles, the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the Treaty of Trianon, Treaty of Sèvres and the Treaty Brest Litovsk. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918, between the Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers in Brest-Litovsk in Brest Litovsk. This treaty officially brought Russia’s participation in the World war to an end. Russia had no other option other than to sign the treaty due to their weakened state. The Treaty was terminated on November 11 1919 when Germany surrendered to the allies ending the World War. The treaty only lasted for 8 and a half months when the Germans broke diplomatic relations with …show more content…
Vladimir Lenin who the leader of the Bolshevik Central Committee believed the peace with Germany was the best option. He believed if they were out of the war then there would be a communist revolution which would be better for all. As the leader he had the final choice. The German terms angered both Bolsheviks and the Left SR. On February 18 the Bolshevik party had decided that Russia would agree to the terms put down by the Germans. It was Lenin’s idea to agree to the terms because he wanted to have peace with Germany, only 15 people from the Bolshevik Central committee agreed with his idea . Lenin was more interested putting down internal opposition rather than fighting the Germans. Nikolai Bukharin was a Bolshevik revolutionary politician who had the idea that the Russians should fight a revolutionary guerrilla war against the Germans and he had 32 people side with him and agree with his idea . Leon Trotsky was another Bolshevik, Marxist revolutionist who was the founder of the red army and a politician who had he idea to exit the war but not to agree with any of the Germans terms . He was quoted as saying “Neither war nor peace” which means that he did not want Russia to fight in the war but would not agree with any peace terms put down by Russia. On February 20 a group of Moscow Bolsheviks protested the action of the Bolshevik Central Committee and resigned but it was not made public and …show more content…
In the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk the colonies which were brought up were Poland, the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia which were given to Germany and Austria-Hungary . The territories of Kars, Ardahan and Batum were given to the Ottoman Empire. Russia also had to recognize the freedom of Ukraine, Georgia and Finland . When Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and gave away the territories they lost sixty million people and two million square kilometres of land. They lost territories that produced a third of Russia’s crops. Germany also put a six billion mark fine on the Russians . Three hundred years of triumphs by the Russian arms and diplomacy was dissolved in a single moment . Russia fine was supposed to be directly paid to German investors whose industries were nationalized. Russia lost a large amount of territories which they acquired with a lot of effort and it was gone with just a Treaty. The terms caused Russia to lose some of their citizens and natural