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.

Aliases (1)

Brest-Litowsk ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → historic city →
alsoKnownAs	Brest-Litowsk → Brest-on-the-Bug → Brześć Litewski →
borderFunction	gateway between Eastern and Central Europe →
country	Belarus →
formerCountry	Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED → Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED → Russian Empire → Second Polish Republic →
formerNameOf	Brest →
hasFortification	Brest Fortress →
historicalEventDate	3 March 1918 →
historicalEventSite	Treaty of Brest-Litovsk →
historicalRegion	Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED → Polesia → Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED → Russian Empire →
languageOfHistoricName	German → Polish → Russian →
locatedIn	Brest Region → Western Belarus →
locatedNear	Polish border →
locatedOn	Bug River NERFINISHED →
modernName	Brest →
notableFor	site of 1918 peace negotiations →
partOf	Western Front of World War I →
riverConfluence	Bug River NERFINISHED → Mukhavets River NERFINISHED →
strategicImportance	border fortress → railway junction →
timezone	Eastern European Time →
treatyContext	World War I →
treatyParty	Central Powers → Soviet Russia NERFINISHED →
treatySignedBetween	Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED → Bulgaria → German Empire → Ottoman Empire → Soviet Russia NERFINISHED →
treatyType	separate peace →
wasOccupiedDuring	World War I → World War II →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Brest-Litovsk ("Brest-Litowsk") →	alsoKnownAs
Brest (Belarus) →	historicalName
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk →	namedAfter
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk →	signedIn