Treaty of Tbilisi (The General and the Flu)

The Treaty of Tbilisi was a peace treaty signed between the new government of the Russian Federation and the Central Powers (German Empire, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria) that formalized peace between the white government of Russia and the Central Powers.

Background
The Bolshevik government of the Russian SFSR (The General and the Flu) had signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (The General and the Flu) on 3 March, 1918, which ended it's participation on World War I (The General and the Flu) but that action had in part contributed to the dissatisfaction and uprising of the White Movement.

Nevertheless, German intervention in the Russian Civil War was a decisive factor in the White victory over the Bolsheviks. This placed the new government of Aleksandr Kolchak in a difficult position to negotiate as it's control over Russia was largely threatened by German forces which were loosely allied to the whites.

That weakened position was exploited by factions in the White Movement which campaigned for independence during the war. Most dependant of German aid for independence were the Don Republic and the Kuban Republic which had received substancial troops from the German Caucasus Expedition in the fight against the Bolsheviks.

Signing
The Treaty of Tbilisi was signed on 3 February 1920. The signatories were the Russian Federation on the one side and the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire on the other.

The treaty formalized peace between Russia and the Central Powers, in it Russia recognized the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk alongside the independence of the Don Republic and the Kuban Republic.

Territorial cessions in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus
Besides reafirming the territorial cessions made in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, the Russian Federation would also recognize the independence of the Don Republic and the Kuban People's Republic.

Financial concessions
In recognition of the damage suffered by Russia during the civil war and the restoration individual properties, the German Empire agreed to renounce the Russian-German financial agreement of 27 August 1918.