FillyofDelphi
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That's certainly possible, but my point is that a separate peace *may* at least be *conceivable* to him whereas it was simply out of the question for Kadets and Right Mensheviks and Right SR's in 1917.
And for good reason; a separate peace that sold large chunks of Russian territory down the river would be political suicide for any faction that diden't have solid enough political footing... like the Czar and all the minor factions of the Provisional Government during its brief existence. Everybody was stuck between a rock and a hard place by having holding the government during the losing period like holding a live grenade.