Soviet–Turkish conflicts (interwar period)

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The Soviet–Turkish conflicts of the interwar period were a series of military and diplomatic confrontations between the nascent Soviet state and the emerging Turkish Republic over control and influence in the Black Sea and surrounding border regions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical conflict
interwar period event
characterizedBy border negotiations
diplomatic confrontations over Black Sea security
military clashes
conflictBetween Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Turkey
surface form: Republic of Turkey

Russian SFSR
surface form: Soviet Russia

Soviet Union
endTime 1939
followedBy Soviet–Turkish rapprochement in the 1930s
Soviet–Turkish tensions after World War II
hasCause border demarcation disputes
collapse of the Ottoman Empire
collapse of the Russian Empire
control of Black Sea access routes
influence over newly Sovietized Caucasian republics
territorial disputes in the Caucasus
hasPart Red Army operations in the Caucasus (1920–1921)
Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
surface form: Turkish–Armenian War

Turkish–Georgian border clashes
diplomatic disputes over the Straits question
negotiations leading to the Treaty of Kars (1921)
negotiations leading to the Treaty of Moscow (1921)
includesDiplomaticEvent Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits
Treaty of Kars
surface form: Treaty of Kars (1921)

Treaty of Moscow (1921)
involvesTerritory Ardahan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Batumi
surface form: Batum

Georgia
Kars
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
surface form: Nakhchivan
locatedInTimePeriod interwar period
mainTheater Black Sea region
eastern Turkey
surface form: Eastern Anatolia

South Caucasus
South Caucasus
surface form: Transcaucasia
outcome Soviet influence consolidated in Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan
establishment of Nakhchivan as an autonomous territory under Azerbaijani protection
recognition of Turkish control over Kars and Ardahan
stabilization of Soviet–Turkish border
relatedTo Russian Civil War
Chanak Crisis
surface form: Straits Question

Turkish War of Independence
startTime 1919

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