Armistice between Russia and the Central Powers

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Signing of the armistice between Russia and the Central Powers on 15 December 1917

On 15 December [O.S. 2 December] 1917, an armistice was signed between the Russian Republic led by the Bolsheviks on the one side,[1] and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Bulgaria, the German Empire and the Ottoman Empire—the Central Powers—on the other.[2] The armistice took effect two days later, on 17 December [O.S. 4 December]. By this agreement, Russia de facto exited World War I, although fighting would briefly resume before the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was signed on 3 March 1918, and Russia made peace.

  1. ^ Stevenson, David (2017). 1917: War, Peace, and Revolution. Oxford University Press. p. 374. ISBN 978-0-19-870238-2.
  2. ^ Horne 1920, pp. 391–192.