russia's campaign against the central powers went very poorly. many russian soldiers were poorly equipped and trained, many russians were killed, and poverty and starvation became worse problems than before. many russians blamed czar nicholas ii's poor leadership for russia's problems, so he was overthrown and sent to exile. the russian provisional government who replaced him also made many russians upset because they promised that russia would continue fighting the war. after the march revolution that overthrew the czar, communist revolutionary vladimir lenin made a deal with germany. the deal was that he would stop the fighting between russia and germany if they sent him to russia to overthrow the government. lenin's slogan for his communist government was "peace, land, and bread". this meant that the communist government promised no more fighting in the war, land redistribution so that everyone in russia could have an equal amount of property, and that food would be plentiful. after the communist party took over russia in the october revolution, they fulfilled their promise to germany and ended russia's fighting in the war.