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The '''Treaty of Moscow''' or '''Treaty of Brotherhood''' ({{lang-tr|Moskova Antlaşması}}, {{lang-ru|Московский договор}}) was a friendship treaty between the [[Government of the Grand National Assembly|Grand National Assembly of Turkey]] (TBMM), under the leadership of [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]], and the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], under the leadership of [[Vladimir Lenin]], signed on 16 March 1921.<ref name="moscow-text">{{ru icon}} [http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/sab/moskovi.html Московский договор между Росскией и Турцией, 16 марта 1921 года]</ref><ref name="tsutsiev">{{cite book|last=Tsutsiev|first=Arthur|translator=Nora Seligman Favorov|title=Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus|year=2014|publisher=Yale University Press|location=New Haven|isbn=978-0300153088|page=79}}</ref><ref name="king">{{cite book|last=King|first=Charles|title=The Ghost of Freedom: A History of the Caucasus|year=2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=978-0195177756|page=189}}</ref> Neither the [[Turkey|Republic of Turkey]] nor the [[Soviet Union]] was established at the time. The internationally recognized Turkish government at the time was that of Sultan [[Mehmed VI]], but it was not party to the Treaty of Moscow. The latter had signed the [[Treaty of Sèvres]], which had been repudiated by the [[Turkish National Movement]].


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Under the Treaty of Moscow, the two governments undertook to establish friendly relations between the countries.<ref>{{ru icon}} ''Документы внешней политики СССР''. Moscow, 1959, Vol. III, pp. 597-604.</ref> The treaty stipulated that the term "Turkey" therein meant the territories included in the [[Misak-ı Millî|National Oath]] adopted by the [[General Assembly of the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Parliament]] on 28 January 1920. Article VI of the Treaty declared all the treaties theretofore concluded between Russia and Turkey to be [[void (law)|null and void]]; under Article II, Turkey ceded [[Batumi|Batum]] and the adjacent area north of the village of [[Sarpi, Georgia|Sarp]] to [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic|Georgia]] (the [[Kars Oblast]] went to Turkey); Article III instituted an autonomous [[Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Nakhichevan district]] under [[Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic|Azerbaijan]]'s protectorate; under Article V, the parties agreed to delegate the final elaboration of the status of the [[Black Sea]] and the [[Turkish Straits|Straits]] to a future conference of delegates of the littoral states provided that the "full sovereignty" and security of Turkey and "her capital city of Constantinople" were not injured.<ref name="moscow-text" />
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The '''Treaty of Moscow''' or '''Treaty of Brotherhood''' ({{lang-tr|Moskova Antlaşması}} {{lang-ru|Московский договор}}) was a friendship treaty between the [[Government of the Grand National Assembly|Grand National Assembly of Turkey]] (TBMM), under the leadership of [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]], and [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Bolshevist Russia]], under the leadership of [[Vladimir Lenin]], signed on 16 March 1921. Neither the [[Turkey|Republic of Turkey]] nor the [[Soviet Union]] was established at the time; the internationally recognized Turkish government at the time was that of sultan [[Mehmed VI]], but it was not party to the Treaty of Moscow; it had signed the [[Treaty of Sèvres]], which had been repudiated by the [[Turkish National Movement|Kemalists]].


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Turkey's borders, as well as those of Georgia, [[Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic|Armenia]] and Azerbaijan, as defined by the treaty as well as the nearly identical [[Treaty of Kars]] (signed on October 13, 1921), are still in existence.
Under the Treaty of Moscow,<ref>''Документы внешней политики СССР''. Moscow, 1959, Vol. III, pp. 597-604.</ref> the two governments undertook to establish friendly relations between the countries. The treaty stipulated that the term "Turkey" therein meant the territories included in the [[Misak-ı Millî|National Oath]] adopted by the [[General Assembly of the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Parliament]] on 28 January 1920.


Following the [[2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown|shootdown of the Russian Sukhoi Su-24]] over the [[Syria–Turkey border]] in November 2015 and the rise of [[Russia–Turkey relations|Russo-Turkish tensions]], members of the [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation|Communist Party of Russia]] proposed annulling the Treaty of Moscow.<ref name="russia-direct">{{cite news|last=Shakarian|first=Pietro A.|title=Will Russia cancel its 1921 friendship treaty with Turkey?|url=http://www.russia-direct.org/analysis/how-treaty-1921-could-determine-future-arc-russian-turkish-relations|work=Russia Direct|date=17 February 2016|accessdate=24 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="eurasianet">{{cite news|last=Lomsadze|first=Giorgi|title=Russian Communists Want to Scrap Historic Treaty with Turkey|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/node/77261|work=[[EurasiaNet]]|date=10 February 2016|accessdate=24 March 2017}}</ref> Initially, the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia)|Russian Foreign Ministry]] considered this action in order to send a political message to the government of Turkish President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]].<ref name="russia-direct"/> However, Moscow ultimately decided against it once Russo-Turkish relations started to improve.<ref>{{cite news|title=RF MFA's letter on impossibility of dissolution of friendship Treaty with Turkey|url=http://rusarminfo.ru/rf-mfas-letter-on-impossibility-of-dissolution-of-friendship-treaty-with-turkey/|work=Russian-Armenian News Agency|date=16 March 2016|accessdate=24 March 2017}}</ref>
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Article VI of the Treaty declared all the treaties theretofore concluded between Russia and Turkey to be [[void (law)|null and void]]; under Article II, Turkey [[Cession|ceded]] [[Batumi|Batum]] and the adjacent area north of the village of [[Sarpi, Georgia|Sarp]] to [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic|Georgia]] ([[Kars Oblast]] went to Turkey); Article III instituted an autonomous [[Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Nakhchivan oblast]] under [[Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic|Azerbaijan]]'s protectorate; under Article V, the parties agreed to delegate the final elaboration of the status of the [[Black Sea]] and the [[Turkish Straits|Straits]] to a future conference of delegates of the littoral states provided that the "full sovereignty" and security of Turkey and "her capital city of Constantinople" were not injured.

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Turkey's borders, as well as those of Georgia, [[Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic|Armenia]] and Azerbaijan, as defined by the treaty as well as the nearly identical [[Treaty of Kars]] (signed on October 13, 1921), are still in existence.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*[https://www.britannica.com/event/Treaty-of-Moscow-1921 "Treaty of Moscow." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2017. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 24 March 2017]
*[http://www.amsi.ge/istoria/sab/moskovi.html Full text of the Treaty of Moscow in original Russian]
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*[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9053890 "Moscow, Treaty of." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 23 March 2007]


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Revision as of 16:50, 24 March 2017

Treaty of Moscow
Turkish committee members Rıza Nur, Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk, Ali Fuat Cebesoy together with Russian members Georgy Chicherin and Celalettin Korkmazov
TypePeace Treaty
Signed16 March 1921
LocationMoscow, Russian SFSR
ConditionRatification
Signatories Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Russian SFSR
LanguagesRussian, French

The Treaty of Moscow or Treaty of Brotherhood (Template:Lang-tr, Template:Lang-ru) was a friendship treaty between the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM), under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, and the Russian SFSR, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, signed on 16 March 1921.[1][2][3] Neither the Republic of Turkey nor the Soviet Union was established at the time. The internationally recognized Turkish government at the time was that of Sultan Mehmed VI, but it was not party to the Treaty of Moscow. The latter had signed the Treaty of Sèvres, which had been repudiated by the Turkish National Movement.

Under the Treaty of Moscow, the two governments undertook to establish friendly relations between the countries.[4] The treaty stipulated that the term "Turkey" therein meant the territories included in the National Oath adopted by the Ottoman Parliament on 28 January 1920. Article VI of the Treaty declared all the treaties theretofore concluded between Russia and Turkey to be null and void; under Article II, Turkey ceded Batum and the adjacent area north of the village of Sarp to Georgia (the Kars Oblast went to Turkey); Article III instituted an autonomous Nakhichevan district under Azerbaijan's protectorate; under Article V, the parties agreed to delegate the final elaboration of the status of the Black Sea and the Straits to a future conference of delegates of the littoral states provided that the "full sovereignty" and security of Turkey and "her capital city of Constantinople" were not injured.[1]

Turkey's borders, as well as those of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, as defined by the treaty as well as the nearly identical Treaty of Kars (signed on October 13, 1921), are still in existence.

Following the shootdown of the Russian Sukhoi Su-24 over the Syria–Turkey border in November 2015 and the rise of Russo-Turkish tensions, members of the Communist Party of Russia proposed annulling the Treaty of Moscow.[5][6] Initially, the Russian Foreign Ministry considered this action in order to send a political message to the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[5] However, Moscow ultimately decided against it once Russo-Turkish relations started to improve.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Template:Ru icon Московский договор между Росскией и Турцией, 16 марта 1921 года
  2. ^ Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus. Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0300153088.
  3. ^ King, Charles (2008). The Ghost of Freedom: A History of the Caucasus. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 189. ISBN 978-0195177756.
  4. ^ Template:Ru icon Документы внешней политики СССР. Moscow, 1959, Vol. III, pp. 597-604.
  5. ^ a b Shakarian, Pietro A. (17 February 2016). "Will Russia cancel its 1921 friendship treaty with Turkey?". Russia Direct. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  6. ^ Lomsadze, Giorgi (10 February 2016). "Russian Communists Want to Scrap Historic Treaty with Turkey". EurasiaNet. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  7. ^ "RF MFA's letter on impossibility of dissolution of friendship Treaty with Turkey". Russian-Armenian News Agency. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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