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Turkey joined the anti-Soviet military alliance NATO in 1952. Following the death of Stalin in 1953, the Soviet government renounced its territorial claims on Turkey, as part of an effort to promote friendly relations with the transcontinental country and its alliance partner, the United States. [6]
The Soviet ambassador to Turkey during the first year and a half of the crisis, Sergei Vinogradov, was replaced by the Soviet Politburo in 1948. His successor, Aleksandr Lavrishev, came with a set of instructions from the Soviet Foreign Ministry which would prove to be the last momentous Soviet document on the straits.
The State Department advised US President Harry Truman to support Turkey and to oppose the Soviet demands, which he did. Turkey joined the anti-Soviet NATO military alliance in 1952. [22] Following the death of Stalin in 1953, the Soviet government renounced its territorial claims on Turkey as part of an effort to promote friendly relations ...
The Soviet supply of gold and armaments to the Kemalists in 1920 to 1922 was a key factor in the latter's successful takeover of the Ottoman Empire, which had been defeated by the Triple Entente but won the Armenian campaign (1920) and the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922).
Turkey: Republic of Ararat: Victory. Revolt suppressed; Mustafa Kemal Atatürk: İsmet İnönü: Dersim massacre (1937–1938) Turkey: Kurdish Alevi rebels Victory. Revolt suppressed; Mustafa Kemal Atatürk: İsmet İnönü. Celâl Bayar. World War II (1939–1945) Turkish declaration of war on Germany and Japan United States Soviet Union ...
Soviet invasion of Armenia: 1 Dec 1920: Demirci Mehmet Efe Uprising: Circassian contingent revolted against the Ankara government, the revolt suppressed by 30 December 2 Dec 1920: Turkish victory in the Turkish-Armenian War and signature of the Treaty of Alexandropol/Gyumri, between Turkey, as represented by the Grand National Assembly, and ...
Soviet sphere of influence in Central and Eastern Europe with border changes resulting from invasion and military operations of World War II. During World War II, the Soviet Union occupied and annexed several countries effectively handed over by Nazi Germany in the secret Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of 1939.
20: The Georgian Uprising of Texel ends, concluding all World War II conflicts in the Netherlands. 21: SS Commander Heinrich Himmler , attempting to pass with a forged identity as a common soldier, is arrested at a checkpoint manned by liberated Soviet POWs acting under command of British forces.