 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Tichifunga izvi, pana 18 February 1918 vaGermany vakatanga Operation Faustschlagpamuganhu wokumabvazuva, kusangana nokushomeka kwokupikiswa mumushandirapamwe wakagara mazuva 11. Kusayina chibvumirano chorugare chaiva chisarudzo bedzi mumaziso avaBolshevik nokuti Hondo yeRussia yakanga yabudiswa muuto, uye Red Guard yakanga ichangobva kuumbwa yakanga isingagoni kumisa kufambira mberi kwehondo. Ivo vakanzwisisawo kuti kurwisa kwokushora kwechimurenga kwakanga kwava pedyo kwakanga kune ngozi zvikuru kupfuura zvibvumirano zvechibvumirano, izvo Lenin akarangarira sezvenguva pfupi muchiedza chezvishuvo zveshanduko yenyika. MaSoviet akabatana nechibvumirano cherunyararo, uye chibvumirano chepamutemo, Chibvumirano cheBrest-Litovsk, chakasimbiswa musi wa6 Kurume. VaSoviet vakaona chibvumirano chacho sechingori nzira inodiwa uye yakakodzera yokugumisa hondo. Humambo hweGerman hwakagadzira nyika dzinoverengeka dzenguva pfupi dze satellite buffer mukati medunhu rayo rekukanganisa mushure meBrest-Litovsk Chibvumirano: United Baltic Duchy, Duchy yeCurland neSemigallia, Humambo hweLithuania, Humambo hwePoland, Belarusian Peoples Republic, uye Nyika yeUkraine. Pashure pokukundwa kweGermany muHondo Yenyika I muna November 1918, aya matunhu akabviswa. 