Turkey–Soviet Union border

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Cold War border former international border international border

The Turkey–Soviet Union border was a strategically critical frontier between NATO and the Eastern Bloc, symbolizing a key geopolitical fault line throughout the Cold War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War border ⓘ
former international border ⓘ
international border ⓘ
abolishedAsSuchInYear 1991 ⓘ
adjacentMountainRange Lesser Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ
adjacentSeaOrRiver Aras River NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderLengthApproxKm 560 ⓘ
borderRegion Adjara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ardahan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Artvin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Javakheti NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kars NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedAs heavily militarized ⓘ
strategically important ⓘ
country1 Republic of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
country2 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics NERFINISHED ⓘ
demarcatedInDecade 1920s ⓘ
establishedByTreaty Treaty of Kars NERFINISHED ⓘ
Treaty of Moscow (1921) NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedInYear 1921 ⓘ
geopoliticalRole frontier between NATO and Eastern Bloc ⓘ
key Cold War fault line ⓘ
governedByAgreement Soviet–Turkish border protocols NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadBorderCrossing Alican border crossing ⓘ
Doğu Kapı border crossing ⓘ
Sarp border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSectionWithSuccessorState Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPredecessor Ottoman Empire–Russian Empire border NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn South Caucasus ⓘ
Transcaucasia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
partOf NATO–Warsaw Pact frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ
securityRegime fortified ⓘ
strictly controlled ⓘ
separated Eastern Bloc NERFINISHED ⓘ
NATO NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
succeededBy Turkey–Armenia border NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkey–Azerbaijan border NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkey–Georgia border NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkey–Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic border NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ

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NATO external border during Cold War → includesSection → Turkey–Soviet Union border ⓘ