»The Brest-Litovsk Peace of March 3, 1918 with Russia and the so-called ›Bread Peace‹ of February 19, 1918 with Ukraine. The Forgotten Peace: Moved into Focus 100 Years later« The Brest-Litovsk Peace of March 3, 1918 ended the First World War between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers. Ukraine already made a separate peace with the Central Powers on February 9, 1918, the so-called »bread peace«. Soviet Russia had to waive its sovereign rights in Poland, Lithuania and Courland. Estonia and Livonia as well as almost the entire area of Belarus remained occupied by German troops. Ukraine and Finland were recognized as inde-pendent states.weiterlesen