United States
Wilson's 14 Points
This was a collection of terms written up following WWI by U.S. president Woodrow Wilson that was to be agreed to by all nations and was to eliminate (or at least taper down) the chance of another war. The first five points generally dealt with how governments were to deal with each other in the future. This included the elimination of secret treaties between nations and that in future claims for colonies, the interests of the people must be taken into account. The next nine dealt with ploacing the blame for the war on Germany and self-determination (which means that states should be set up according to their nationalities).
Related: Anschluss, Munich Agreement | Moscow Pact

Russia
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
This was the "peace treaty" that the Germans forced the Russians into signing after defeating them. It was a severely harsh treaty which involved taking a vast portion of Russia, containing a third of the Russian people and most of the coal mines, and making it German territory./font>
Related: First Duma | Russian Revolution | Commintern Established | New Economic Policy | First Five Year Plan | Second Five Year Plan | The Purges

Russia
The Russian Civil War
After WWI, a viscious civil war broke out between the Whites (anti-revolutionaries form Russia with foreign aid from the allied powers and the U.S.) and the Reds (the Russian governments army). The reds ended up winning due to unorganization on the White side.
Related: First Duma | Russian Revolution | Commintern Established | New Economic Policy | First Five Year Plan | Second Five Year Plan | The Purges

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