Directory
References
Discover
Treaty of Tartu
Europe [1920]
Also known as: Treaty of Dorpat
Learn about this topic in these articles:
role of Paasikivi
- In Juho Kusti Paasikivi
14, 1920, signed at Tartu, Estonia, the peace treaty with Russia, after warning his government against trying to take advantage of Russia’s temporary weakness. In independent postwar Finland he became prominent as a banker and businessman.
Read More
settlement of eastern Finnish boundary
- In Finland: Foreign policy
By the Treaty of Tartu (Dorpat) in 1920, however, the boundary was unchanged except in the north, where Finland acquired the harbour of Petsamo and a route to the Arctic Ocean. The other problem concerned the Åland Islands (Finnish: Ahvenanmaa), which Sweden had temporarily occupied during the…
Read More