A breszt-litovszki békeszerződés és Németország keleti birodalma

Absztrakt

From the first battles of 1914 the German army had superiority over Russia throughout the war. In the spring of 1915 the Central Powers dealt a crippling blow to the Russian Empire, which had fallen in early 1917, not being capable to sustain the staggering losses of the war. The Provisional Government decided to continue the war which decision rendered it to suffer the same fate as the tsarist monarchy. In contrast, the Bolshevik leadership after the October Revolution wanted to leave the war completely, but it had to face the ever increasing demands of Germany. Finally in March 1918 the Central Powers and Soviet-Russia made peace but Russia had to give up huge territories which became Germany’s eastern empire until the end of the Great War. To exploit its success, Germany launched multiple military campaigns. The most notable were the occupation of Ukraine and the expeditions in Finland and the Caucasus.