World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

Armistice between Russia and the Central Powers

1917 de facto exit from World War I by Russia

On 15 December [O.S. 2 December] 1917, an armistice was signed between the Russian Republic led by the Bolsheviks on the one side, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Bulgaria, the German Empire and the Ottoman Empire—the Central Powers—on the other. The armistice…