Bolshevik Russia and the western Allies tried to maintain cordial relations during 1918, but it didn't last. By the end of the year, Allied troops were in Russia and Allied governments were backing anti-Bolshevik forces.

The three Baltic states manage to become the only Imperial Russian possessions--besides Finland and Poland--to win their independence.

Finland was able to win its independence from Russia peacefully, but soon after came a bloody civil war.