Le jeu du pouvoir soviétique à Brest­Litovsk

Soviet Power’s Games at Brest­Litovsk. The peace treaty of Brest­Litovsk was signed by the Central Powers and Soviet Russia on March 3, 1918. But peace negotiations had started on December 22, 1917. The bolsheviks tried to prolong the proceedings in the hope of the outbreak of revolution in other countries . In fact , their leaders, such as Lenin, Trotsky or Bukharin , not speaking of the Socialist Revolutionaries, were not unanimous at all. Trotsky, for instance, head of the Soviet delegation since January 9, called for a recess, Lenin was reluctant. So the discussions lasted quite a time and meanwhile the Kiev Rada , on behalf of the Ukrainian Republic , also signed a peace treaty on February 9, 1918. It seems that the harsh civil war which began in May 1918 is largely the consequence of the signature of the peace in Brest­Litovsk .Choubine Alexandre, Jobert Véronique. Le jeu du pouvoir soviétique à Brest­Litovsk. In: Revue Russe n°50, 2018. Miscélanées. La Russie de 1869 à nos jours... pp. 131-157