Brest-Litovsk

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city historic city

Brest-Litovsk is a historic city—now called Brest in modern-day Belarus—best known as the site where Soviet Russia signed a separate peace with the Central Powers in 1918 during World War I.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Brest-Litovsk canonical 6
Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty negotiations 1
Brest-Litowsk 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
historic city ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Brest-Litovsk ⓘ
surface form: Brest-Litowsk

Brest (Belarus) ⓘ
surface form: Brest-on-the-Bug

Brześć nad Bugiem ⓘ
surface form: Brześć Litewski
borderFunction gateway between Eastern and Central Europe ⓘ
country Belarus ⓘ
formerCountry Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Second Polish Republic ⓘ
formerNameOf Brest (Belarus) ⓘ
surface form: Brest
hasFortification Brest Fortress ⓘ
historicalEventDate 3 March 1918 ⓘ
historicalEventSite Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ⓘ
historicalRegion Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Polesia ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
languageOfHistoricName German ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
locatedIn Brest Region ⓘ
Western Belarus ⓘ
locatedNear Polish border ⓘ
locatedOn Bug River ⓘ
modernName Brest (Belarus) ⓘ
surface form: Brest
notableFor site of 1918 peace negotiations ⓘ
partOf Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front of World War I
riverConfluence Bug River ⓘ
Mukhavets River ⓘ
strategicImportance border fortress ⓘ
railway junction ⓘ
timezone Eastern European Time ⓘ
treatyContext World War I ⓘ
treatyParty Central Powers ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Russia
treatySignedBetween Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary

Bulgaria ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Russia
treatyType separate peace ⓘ
wasOccupiedDuring World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk → signedIn → Brest-Litovsk ⓘ
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk → namedAfter → Brest-Litovsk ⓘ
Brest (Belarus) → historicalName → Brest-Litovsk ⓘ
Brest-Litovsk → alsoKnownAs → Brest-Litovsk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brest-Litowsk
David Dubinsky → placeOfBirth → Brest-Litovsk ⓘ
Union of Brest → location → Brest-Litovsk ⓘ
Brześć nad Bugiem → formerName → Brest-Litovsk ⓘ
Brześć nad Bugiem → siteOf → Brest-Litovsk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty negotiations