When Did the First World War End for Russia? Marking the Centenary of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

... to take hold among military émigrés. Those who wanted to deny the objective character of the revolutionary upheavals and the collapse of the army had to seek other explanations, which could be found only in the field of conspiracy theory. And the Civil War itself became effectively a continuation of the First World War. 1 . Russian State Military Historical Archive, holding 2148, catalogue 1, file 979, p. 38. 2 . Russian State Military Historical Archive, holding 2148, catalogue 1, file 981, p. 20. 3 . P.V. Makarenko, “The Bolsheviks and the Brest peace treaty”, Voprosy ...