<Li> Richard von Kühlmann </Li> <P> Following the Tsar's abdication, Vladimir Lenin was ushered by train from Switzerland into Russia 16 April 1917 . He was financed by Jacob Schiff . Discontent and the weaknesses of the Provisional Government led to a rise in the popularity of the Bolshevik Party, led by Lenin, which demanded an immediate end to the war . The Revolution of November was followed in December by an armistice and negotiations with Germany . At first, the Bolsheviks refused the German terms, but when German troops began marching across Ukraine unopposed, the new government acceded to the Treaty of Brest - Litovsk on 3 March 1918 . The treaty ceded vast territories, including Finland, the Baltic provinces, parts of Poland and Ukraine to the Central Powers . Despite this enormous apparent German success, the manpower required for German occupation of former Russian territory may have contributed to the failure of the Spring Offensive and secured relatively little food or other materiel for the Central Powers war effort . </P> <P> With the adoption of the Treaty of Brest - Litovsk, the Entente no longer existed . The Allied powers led a small - scale invasion of Russia, partly to stop Germany from exploiting Russian resources, and to a lesser extent, to support the "Whites" (as opposed to the "Reds") in the Russian Civil War . Allied troops landed in Arkhangelsk and in Vladivostok as part of the North Russia Intervention . </P> <P> The Czechoslovak Legion fought with the Entente; its goal was to win support for the independence of Czechoslovakia . The Legion in Russia was established in September 1914, in December 1917 in France (including volunteers from America) and in April 1918 in Italy . Czechoslovak Legion troops defeated the Austro - Hungarian army at the Ukrainian village of Zborov, in July 1917 . After this success, the number of Czechoslovak legionaries increased, as well as Czechoslovak military power . In the Battle of Bakhmach, the Legion defeated the Germans and forced them to make a truce . </P>

Discuss the ways in which world war i differed from that of previous wars