Moscow Peace Treaty

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bilateral treaty international agreement peace treaty

The Moscow Peace Treaty was the 1940 agreement that ended the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union, forcing Finland to cede significant territories to the USSR.

Aliases (6)

Moscow Peace Treaty (1940) ×2
Moscow Peace Treaty of 1940 ×2
Treaties of the Soviet Union ×2
German–Soviet Frontier Treaty ×1
Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union ×1
Treaty of Moscow (1940) ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral treaty → international agreement → peace treaty →
affectedCity	Viipuri →
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of Moscow (1940) →
cameIntoForceOn	1940-03-13 →
causedEvacuationOf	Finnish civilians from ceded areas →
cededRegion	Karelian Isthmus → Ladoga Karelia → Rybachy Peninsula → Salla → Viipuri → parts of Finnish Karelia →
demilitarizedArea	Åland Islands →
displacedPopulationFrom	ceded Finnish territories →
endedConflict	Winter War →
endedConflictBetween	Finland → Soviet Union →
followedBy	Continuation War →
historicalSignificance	marked the end of the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union →
language	Finnish → Russian →
leaseDuration	30 years →
leasePurpose	naval base →
leaseRecipient	Soviet Union →
legalStatus	binding international treaty →
mediatedBy	no formal third-party mediator →
negotiatedBy	Finnish government → Soviet government →
party	Republic of Finland → Union of Soviet Socialist Republics →
precededBy	Soviet invasion of Finland → Winter War military operations →
requiredCessionOfTerritoryFrom	Finland →
requiredCessionOfTerritoryTo	Soviet Union →
requiredLeaseOf	Hanko Peninsula →
resultedInTerritorialGainFor	Soviet Union →
resultedInTerritorialLossFor	Finland →
signatory	Finland → Soviet Union →
signedAt	Moscow →
signedByRepresentativeOf	Risto Ryti → Vyacheslav Molotov →
signedDuring	World War II →
signedInCountry	Soviet Union →
signedOn	1940-03-12 →
subjectMatter	cessation of hostilities → military restrictions → territorial cession →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty ("Treaties of the Soviet Union") → Treaty of Riga ("Treaties of the Soviet Union") →	category
Moscow Peace Treaty ("Treaty of Moscow (1940)") →	alsoKnownAs
Ladoga Karelia ("Moscow Peace Treaty of 1940") →	associatedWithTreaty
Ladoga Karelia →	borderChange
Soviet offensive of February 1940 →	consequence
Battle of Kollaa →	endedWith
Soviet Karelian Isthmus offensive →	followedBy
Soviet–Finnish relations ("Moscow Peace Treaty (1940)") →	hasKeyEvent
Soviet–Finnish relations ("Moscow Peace Treaty (1940)") →	hasKeyTreaty
Battle of Tornio ("Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union") →	precededBy
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact ("German–Soviet Frontier Treaty") →	precedes
Soviet Karelian Isthmus offensive ("Moscow Peace Treaty of 1940") →	relatedTo
Winter War →	treaty