YYA Treaty
E363797
Cold War treaty
bilateral treaty
friendship treaty
mutual assistance treaty
post–World War II treaty
The YYA Treaty was a post–World War II mutual assistance and friendship pact between Finland and the Soviet Union that shaped Finland’s foreign policy and neutrality during the Cold War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| YYA Treaty canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: YYA Treaty Context triple: [Soviet–Finnish relations, hasKeyEvent, YYA Treaty]
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A.
New York Agreement
The New York Agreement is a component accord of the broader Chapultepec Peace Accords that helped formalize and support the negotiated end to El Salvador’s civil war.
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B.
Washington Treaty
The Washington Treaty is an international agreement that establishes intellectual property protection standards for the layout designs of integrated circuits.
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C.
Paris Protocol
The Paris Protocol is an economic agreement that regulates the financial and trade relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority as part of the broader Oslo peace framework.
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D.
Naic Military Agreement
The Naic Military Agreement was a pivotal 1897 document during the Philippine Revolution in which revolutionary leaders reorganized military command and asserted authority against Emilio Aguinaldo’s leadership.
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E.
Treaty of Hellgate
The Treaty of Hellgate was an 1855 agreement between the United States and several Salish-speaking tribes in the Pacific Northwest that ceded vast Indigenous lands and established the Flathead Indian Reservation in present-day Montana.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: YYA Treaty Target entity description: The YYA Treaty was a post–World War II mutual assistance and friendship pact between Finland and the Soviet Union that shaped Finland’s foreign policy and neutrality during the Cold War.
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A.
New York Agreement
The New York Agreement is a component accord of the broader Chapultepec Peace Accords that helped formalize and support the negotiated end to El Salvador’s civil war.
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B.
Washington Treaty
The Washington Treaty is an international agreement that establishes intellectual property protection standards for the layout designs of integrated circuits.
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C.
Paris Protocol
The Paris Protocol is an economic agreement that regulates the financial and trade relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority as part of the broader Oslo peace framework.
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D.
Naic Military Agreement
The Naic Military Agreement was a pivotal 1897 document during the Philippine Revolution in which revolutionary leaders reorganized military command and asserted authority against Emilio Aguinaldo’s leadership.
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E.
Treaty of Hellgate
The Treaty of Hellgate was an 1855 agreement between the United States and several Salish-speaking tribes in the Pacific Northwest that ceded vast Indigenous lands and established the Flathead Indian Reservation in present-day Montana.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War treaty
ⓘ
bilateral treaty ⓘ friendship treaty ⓘ mutual assistance treaty ⓘ post–World War II treaty ⓘ |
| acronymMeaning | Ystävyys-, yhteistyö- ja avunanto ⓘ |
| affected |
Finland’s defense policy
ⓘ
Finland’s relations with NATO ⓘ Finland’s relations with Western Europe ⓘ |
| aimedTo | prevent Finland from joining military alliances hostile to the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Finnish territory
ⓘ
Soviet territory ⓘ |
| category |
Soviet–Finnish relations
ⓘ
surface form:
Finland–Soviet Union relations
Treaties of Finland ⓘ Treaties of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| consideredAs | cornerstone of Finnish–Soviet relations during the Cold War ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1948-04-06 ⓘ |
| endedWith | dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| enteredIntoForce | 1948-04-22 ⓘ |
| fullName |
Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance
ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance
|
| historicalContext |
early Cold War
ⓘ
post–World War II European security order ⓘ |
| influenced |
Finland’s foreign policy
ⓘ
Finland’s neutrality policy during the Cold War ⓘ development of Finlandization ⓘ |
| language |
Finnish
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| legalStatus | international treaty ⓘ |
| obligated |
Finland to resist armed attack by Germany or its allies via Finnish territory
ⓘ
Soviet Union to assist Finland if requested in case of such attack ⓘ |
| party |
Finland
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Finland
Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form:
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
|
| placeSigned | Moscow ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Cold War neutrality in Europe
ⓘ
Treaty of Paris 1947 ⓘ
surface form:
Paris Peace Treaty of 1947
|
| replacedBy |
Treaty between the Republic of Finland and the Russian Federation of 1992
ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty between the Republic of Finland and the Russian Federation on the Foundations of Relations
|
| shortName | YYA Treaty self-link ⓘ |
| shortNameInFinnish | Ystävyys-, yhteistyö- ja avunantosopimus ⓘ |
| signatory |
Finland
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| statedPrinciple |
respect for Finnish democratic system
ⓘ
respect for Finnish independence ⓘ |
| subject |
friendship and cooperation
ⓘ
mutual assistance in case of armed attack ⓘ non-interference in internal affairs ⓘ respect for Finnish sovereignty ⓘ |
| successorStateParty |
Russia
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surface form:
Russian Federation
|
| terminated | 1992-01-01 ⓘ |
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