Ending the war 1918

• Ideology

  Lenin wrote a manifesto - ‘state and revolution’ - transition to socialism

  Once in power - civil servant slammed doors, Alexandra told to go kitchen - Trotsky laughed at
• Lenin focuses on pragmatism over ideological
• Which three ways were the Bolsheviks split?

  • Lenin - end war at any price, economy is collapsing, German takeover + only way to move to socialism is no other distractions - prepared to be unpopular
  • Left communists - Bukharin - Turn war into a revolutionary one ( unrealistic ) - guerrilla tactics + failure would inspire proletariat of the west - optimistic
  • Trotsky - Negotiate till delay and defeat - neither war or peace - Lenin impressed - Stalin says its not a position at all
• October 1917

  26 - Decree of peace - intention of peace not war
• 1917 November

  13 - Trotsky ( war minister ) makes applications for Germans armistice

  19 - negotiations begin in Brest-Litovsk
• 1917 December

  2 - one month armistice signed

  9 - negotiations for peace settlement - Trotsky begins to delay
• 1918 january 


  8 - Trotsky returns to Petrograd and meets with 63 Bolsheviks - vote on peace proceedings - revolutionary war 32 - neither war or peace 16 - peace 15

  11 - Bolshevik Central comittee voted 9 to 7 in favour of Trotsky

  17 - negotiations begin

  28 - Trotsky says their leaving war but no treaty
• 1918 February

  1 - russians adopt gregorian calendar from Julian calendar - 14th Feb

  18 - Germans resume advance - bsolehvik central commitee have emergency meeting and vote 7 to 5 Germans conditions

  23 - 5 days f attack Germans advance 150 miles into Russia - Trotsky resigns as war minister
• when was the treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed?

  3rd of March 1918
• Consequences of the treaty

  • Called - shameful peace
  • half the human, industrial and agricultural resources of Nicholas II empire was lost
  • Treaty encouraged anti-Bolshevik Russians to join movements and caused civil war as Lenin wouldn’t power share
  • Left SR leftSovnarkhom as they favoured revolutionary war
• How many people wre lost in the treaty

  62 million people
• what percent of farmland was lost

  27% - including some of the best