One week after the signing of the armistice between Russia and the Central Powers, negotiations between the two sides for the signing of a peace treaty began in Brest-Litovsk. The Bolsheviks successfully insisted that the talks be public, something never seen before...
Despite their rivalry, the United States and the Soviet Union have only met once in direct battle. US and Soviet troops clashed during the Russian civil war that followed the First World War, when the US decided to intervene alongside other Western states to defend...