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National Library of Belarus in Minsk, Belarus, Europe

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A costumed participant does a backflip with his snowboard as he takes part in the "Californication 9.0" humoristic competition, marking the end of the winter season outside the town of Lahoysk some 40 km north of Minsk, on April 7, 2019. - People in costumes slope down by ski or snowboard into a pool, marking the end of the winter season. (Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP)

Map illustrating the Brest-Litovsk Treaties, First World War, c1918, (c1920). Creator: Unknown

Map illustrating the Brest-Litovsk Treaties, First World War, c1918, (c1920). Pink: Areas taken by Germany'; dark blue: Nationalities of self-determination'; light blue: Area to be evacuated by Germany'. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, also known as the Brest Peace in Russia, was a peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between the new Bolshevik government of Russia and the Central Powers (German Empire, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire), that ended Russia's participation in World War I. From "The Great World War: A History", Volume VII, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]

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