A large chunk of Western Russia was given over to Germany in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. That land included today's Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia and parts of Romania, Poland and Belarus. At the end of the war, the Versailles Treaty took all that land from Germany, restored some of it to Russia and formed the rest into new nations.
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The Russian government agreed to give up all claims in Finland, the Baltic states, Belarus, Ukraine, and Poland. In addition, all lands that were previously captured from the Ottoman Empire were returned.
The first country to pull out of World War I was Russia. In 1917, the Russian Revolution led to the overthrow of the Russian monarchy and the establishment of a communist government. The new government, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in March 1918, effectively withdrawing Russia from the war.
Ottoman territories came under the control of allied powers, but Austria-Hungary territories gained the the ability to establish their own governments.
Under the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Austria was not allowed to unite with Germany. The treaty was signed in September of 1919.
Ottoman territories came under the control of allied powers, but Austria-Hungary territories gained the the ability to establish their own governments.