YYA Treaty

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The YYA Treaty was a post–World War II mutual assistance and friendship pact between Finland and the Soviet Union that shaped Finland’s foreign policy and neutrality during the Cold War.

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YYA Treaty canonical 5

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instanceOf Cold War treaty ⓘ
bilateral treaty ⓘ
friendship treaty ⓘ
mutual assistance treaty ⓘ
post–World War II treaty ⓘ
acronymMeaning Ystävyys-, yhteistyö- ja avunanto ⓘ
affected Finland’s defense policy ⓘ
Finland’s relations with NATO ⓘ
Finland’s relations with Western Europe ⓘ
aimedTo prevent Finland from joining military alliances hostile to the Soviet Union ⓘ
appliesTo Finnish territory ⓘ
Soviet territory ⓘ
category Finland–Soviet Union relations ⓘ
Treaties of Finland ⓘ
Treaties of the Soviet Union ⓘ
consideredAs cornerstone of Finnish–Soviet relations during the Cold War ⓘ
dateSigned 1948-04-06 ⓘ
endedWith dissolution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1948-04-22 ⓘ
fullName Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance ⓘ
historicalContext early Cold War ⓘ
post–World War II European security order ⓘ
influenced Finland’s foreign policy ⓘ
Finland’s neutrality policy during the Cold War ⓘ
development of Finlandization ⓘ
language Finnish ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
legalStatus international treaty ⓘ
obligated Finland to resist armed attack by Germany or its allies via Finnish territory ⓘ
Soviet Union to assist Finland if requested in case of such attack ⓘ
party Republic of Finland ⓘ
linked to: Finland

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Union
placeSigned Moscow ⓘ
relatedTo Cold War neutrality in Europe ⓘ
Paris Peace Treaty of 1947 ⓘ
replacedBy Treaty between the Republic of Finland and the Russian Federation on the Foundations of Relations ⓘ
shortName YYA Treaty ⓘ
shortNameInFinnish Ystävyys-, yhteistyö- ja avunantosopimus ⓘ
signatory Finland ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
statedPrinciple respect for Finnish democratic system ⓘ
respect for Finnish independence ⓘ
subject friendship and cooperation ⓘ
mutual assistance in case of armed attack ⓘ
non-interference in internal affairs ⓘ
respect for Finnish sovereignty ⓘ
successorStateParty Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to: Russia
terminated 1992-01-01 ⓘ

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