WWI - Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918

Members of the Central Powers during the peace negotiations of Brest-Litovsk with Soviet Russia and the Ukranian People's Republic: (l-r) German general Max Hoffmann, foreign minister of Austro-Hungary Count Ottokar von Czernin, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire Talaat Pasha and the State Secretary of the State Department of th German Empire Richard von Kühlmann. Date unknown. During the peace negotiations, an exclusive protectorate treaty of the Central Powers with the Ukranian People's Republic was signed on 9 February 1918. The negotiations ended with the signing of the peace treaty of Brest-Litovsk from 3 March 1918 between the Central Powers and the Soviet Russia. \n\n