The essence of the Soviet-Finnish Tartu Peace Treaty and its consequences

In 1920, the government of Soviet Russia concluded a series of peace agreements with neighboring states that had been part of the Russian Empire before the Revolution. One of these was Finland, with whom the negotiations were particularly difficult.

They took place in the Estonian city of Tartu. There, the Bolshevik delegation engaged in heated debate with Finnish diplomats over territorial issues and the division of former tsarist property. There were significant disagreements among the Soviet representatives, but ultimately, the viewpoint calling for greater concessions to Finland prevailed. These concessions were enshrined in a treaty signed on October 14, 1920.

French General Ferdinand Foch described a similar situation during the signing of the Treaty of Versailles between Paris and Berlin as a 20-year armistice. The Soviet-Finnish treaty also became similar.

By early 1920, peace between Russia and Finland was completely out of the question. Moreover, an international conference was being held in Helsinki at the time, at which the Finns attempted to form an anti-Bolshevik coalition. But this idea failed to gain support. Soviet military successes in Karelia and northern Russia forced Helsinki to change its position.

Although the signing of a peace treaty with Finland and the relative normalization of relations with that country were beneficial to Moscow, a number of important issues remained unresolved. Among them was ensuring security for Petrograd, which later became Leningrad. Two decades later, an attempt was made to resolve this issue by force during the Winter War.

But even then, it remained unresolved. This unresolved issue was one of the reasons why, during the Great Patriotic War, the residents of Leningrad had to endure a terrible, deadly, and heroic siege.

Comments

[Myths]

By the beginning of 2020, there was no talk of peace between Russia and Finland. Moreover,

Correct yourself.
The meaning is clear, now they are trying to do the same with match-fixing.

[Panin (midshipman)]

It's not entirely clear why the lack of resolution led to the siege of Leningrad. The Finns, in fact, wanted to seize control of the entire Arctic region.

[Glagol1]

I agree. The fact that the border moved beyond Vyborg in 1940, and Lake Ladoga became an inland lake, greatly assisted the defense of Leningrad in the summer and early fall from the northwest. Without the significant territorial gains the USSR made in the Winter War, Leningrad might not have held out.

[Dmitry Eon]

For a long time, constant courtesies were made to the Suomi, while their atrocities and, to put it mildly, the not very good attitude of the Finns towards Russia were diligently forgotten. The so-called "Finlandization" was quite simply a coercion of the Finnish jackal to civilized behavior, which they cannot forgive us for.

[snow mountain]

Quote: Panin (Michman)

In fact, the Finns wanted to take over the entire Arctic region.

The so-called Greater Finland implied territories up to the Polar Urals

[faiver]

The only thing that's clear from the video is that Mannerheim is nuts, but there's no real analysis of that, which raises the question: what was it and who were these people?

[Panin (midshipman)]

Quote: faiver

The only thing that's clear from the video is that Mannerheim is nuts, but there's no real analysis of that, which raises the question: what was it and who were these people?

You will laugh, but at the beginning of the war Mannerheim did not have any political post and could not influence the government.

[Alexander]

Lenin made a fool of himself by giving Finland independence! They don't deserve it! As a result, our country has been plagued with problems to this day!

[odisey3000]

And who would have questioned Lenin at that time? Soviet power itself was hanging by a thread. And the new Soviet government was shouting from every iron about the right of nations to self-determination. Ilyich himself was fussing about this manifesto.

[acetophenone]

A similar situation occurred during the signing of the Treaty of Versailles between Paris and Berlin by French General Ferdinand Foch

Uh...So, by the time he signed, he had already received the marshal...