the first world war in in august of the fifteenth year, german austrian troops occupy brest letovsk,er 2 years negotiations begin in the fortress at a truce at the front. germany and its allies, in an ultimatum form , presented russia with harsh conditions, the chairman of the delegation of soviet russia, the people's commissar for foreign affairs. leon trotsky rejected the ultimatum by proclaiming the famous thesis of neither war nor peace on march 3, 1918 . in the building of the white palace of the fortress, the treaty of brest was concluded, shameful for soviet russia, the fortress was in the hands of the germans until the end the eighteenth year, and then came under the control of the poles in the thirty-ninth year, the germans captured the brest fortress, and after 5 days, transferring a detachment of the soviet tank brigade, kamriga. semyon krivoshein entered the city. in brest, a solemn march of one russian and one german regiment took place, the city and the fortress were transferred to the russians, and ahead of the fortress there was another most terrible test. it was a ve