Soviet–Finnish negotiations of 1938–1939

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The Soviet–Finnish negotiations of 1938–1939 were pre-war diplomatic talks in which the Soviet Union sought territorial and security concessions from Finland in an unsuccessful attempt to reshape their border and strategic position before resorting to military action.

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Generate an image of the Soviet–Finnish negotiations of 1938–1939 (The Soviet–Finnish negotiations of 1938–1939 were pre-war diplomatic talks in which the Soviet Union sought territorial and security concessions from Finland in an unsuccessful attempt to reshape their border and strategic position before resorting to military action.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic negotiation ⓘ
event in the interwar period ⓘ
international diplomatic crisis ⓘ
prelude to the Winter War ⓘ
aimedAt improving the strategic position of the Soviet Union in the Gulf of Finland ⓘ
obtaining territorial concessions from Finland ⓘ
reshaping the Soviet–Finnish border ⓘ
strengthening the defense of Leningrad ⓘ
characterizedBy Finnish reluctance to cede territory ⓘ
Soviet demands for border adjustments on the Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Soviet requests for territorial exchanges in the Gulf of Finland ⓘ
Soviet security arguments about possible German use of Finnish territory ⓘ
context prelude to World War II in Europe ⓘ
countryInvolved Finland ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
demandedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
endTime 1939 ⓘ
followedBy Soviet invasion of Finland in 1939 ⓘ
linked to: Winter War

Winter War ⓘ
hasCause Soviet security concerns about Leningrad ⓘ
growing tension in Europe before World War II ⓘ
historicalSignificance illustration of small-state resistance to great-power pressure in the late 1930s ⓘ
key step in the escalation of Soviet–Finnish conflict ⓘ
ledTo Soviet decision to use military force against Finland ⓘ
location Helsinki ⓘ
Moscow ⓘ
natureOfOutcome unsuccessful attempt to secure concessions by peaceful means ⓘ
opposedBy Finland ⓘ
partOf Soviet foreign policy before World War II ⓘ
Soviet–Finnish relations ⓘ
relatedTo Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact ⓘ
Soviet defense of Leningrad ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Leningrad
result failure to reach a binding agreement ⓘ
startTime 1938 ⓘ
temporalRelation immediately preceded the outbreak of the Winter War ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Winter War → precededBy → Soviet–Finnish negotiations of 1938–1939 ⓘ
Soviet–Finnish negotiations of 1938–1939 → partOf → Soviet–Finnish relations ⓘ
linked to: Soviet–Finnish negotiations of 1938–1939
Vyacheslav Molotov → notableWork → Soviet–Finnish negotiations during the Winter War ⓘ
linked to: Soviet–Finnish negotiations of 1938–1939
Soviet–Finnish relations → hasKeyEvent → Soviet–Finnish border agreements ⓘ
linked to: Soviet–Finnish negotiations of 1938–1939