6. Mackensen in ultimatum to Rumania demands that peace negotiations begin in four days.
9. Central Powers and Ukraine sign a treaty of peace.
11. Bolsheviki declare end of the war.
15. Germany renews war on Russia.
18. The Bolsheviki capture Kiev.
21. Germans advance in Russia, capturing Minsk and Rovno, with enormous food and war supplies.
23. The United States embassy leaves Petrograd for Vologda.
“If God give thee not only earth but heaven, that thou shouldest rule over sun, moon, and stars, and have rule over the highest of the sons of men, it would not be enough to satisfy thee, except thou hadst God himself.”
–Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment