In early 1917 Chrysantos tried to broker a peace between the Russians and the Ottomans, to no avail. During the Russian Revolution of 1917 Russian soldiers in the city turned to rioting and looting, with officers commandeering Trebizonian ships to flee the scene. Governor Chrysantos was able to calm the Russian soldiers down, and the Russian Army ultimately retreated from the city and the rest of eastern and northeastern Anatolia. In March and April of 1918 the city hosted the Trebizond Peace Conference, where the Ottomans agreed to give up their military gains in the Caucasus in return for recognition of the eastern borders of the empire in Anatolia by the Transcaucasian Seim (a short-lived transcaucasian government).
in early 1917 chrysantos tried to broker a peace between the russians and the ottomans to no avail during the russian revolution of 1917 russian soldiers in the city turned to rioting and looting with officers commandeering trebizonian ships to flee the scene governor chrysantos was able to calm the russian soldiers down and the russian army ultimately retreated from the city and the rest of eastern and northeastern anatolia in march and april of 1918 the city hosted the trebizond peace conference where the ottomans agreed to give up their military gains in the caucasus in return for recognition of the eastern borders of the empire in anatolia by the transcaucasian seim (a short-lived transcaucasian government)