Moscow Peace Treaty

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The Moscow Peace Treaty was the 1940 agreement that ended the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union, forcing Finland to cede significant territories to the USSR.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty
international agreement
peace treaty
affectedCity Viipuri
linked to: Vyborg
alsoKnownAs Treaty of Moscow (1940)
linked to: Moscow Peace Treaty
cameIntoForceOn 1940-03-13
causedEvacuationOf Finnish civilians from ceded areas
cededRegion Karelian Isthmus
Ladoga Karelia
Rybachy Peninsula
Salla
Viipuri
linked to: Vyborg

parts of Finnish Karelia
demilitarizedArea Åland Islands
displacedPopulationFrom ceded Finnish territories
endedConflict Winter War
endedConflictBetween Finland
Soviet Union
followedBy Continuation War
historicalSignificance marked the end of the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union
language Finnish
Russian
leaseDuration 30 years
leasePurpose naval base
leaseRecipient Soviet Union
legalStatus binding international treaty
mediatedBy no formal third-party mediator
negotiatedBy Finnish government
Soviet government
party Republic of Finland
linked to: Finland

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
linked to: Soviet Union
precededBy Soviet invasion of Finland
Winter War military operations
requiredCessionOfTerritoryFrom Finland
requiredCessionOfTerritoryTo Soviet Union
requiredLeaseOf Hanko Peninsula
resultedInTerritorialGainFor Soviet Union
resultedInTerritorialLossFor Finland
signatory Finland
Soviet Union
signedAt Moscow
signedByRepresentativeOf Risto Ryti
Vyacheslav Molotov
signedDuring World War II
signedInCountry Soviet Union
signedOn 1940-03-12
subjectMatter cessation of hostilities
military restrictions
territorial cession

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Winter War treaty Moscow Peace Treaty
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact precedes German–Soviet Frontier Treaty
linked to: Moscow Peace Treaty
Moscow Peace Treaty alsoKnownAs Treaty of Moscow (1940)
linked to: Moscow Peace Treaty
Battle of Kollaa endedWith Moscow Peace Treaty
Treaty of Riga category Treaties of the Soviet Union
linked to: Moscow Peace Treaty
Soviet offensive of February 1940 consequence Moscow Peace Treaty
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty category Treaties of the Soviet Union
linked to: Moscow Peace Treaty
Ladoga Karelia borderChange Moscow Peace Treaty
Ladoga Karelia associatedWithTreaty Moscow Peace Treaty of 1940
linked to: Moscow Peace Treaty
Soviet Karelian Isthmus offensive followedBy Moscow Peace Treaty
Soviet Karelian Isthmus offensive relatedTo Moscow Peace Treaty of 1940
linked to: Moscow Peace Treaty
Soviet–Finnish relations hasKeyEvent Moscow Peace Treaty (1940)
linked to: Moscow Peace Treaty
Soviet–Finnish relations hasKeyTreaty Moscow Peace Treaty (1940)
linked to: Moscow Peace Treaty
Battle of Tornio precededBy Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union
linked to: Moscow Peace Treaty
Viipuri transferContext Moscow Peace Treaty (1940)
linked to: Moscow Peace Treaty
Finnish wars of the 20th century significantEvent Moscow Peace Treaty (1940)
linked to: Moscow Peace Treaty
Muolaa borderChangeContext Moscow Peace Treaty
Soviet–Finnish border modifiedBy Moscow Peace Treaty (1940)
linked to: Moscow Peace Treaty
Hanko Front in World War II hasCause Moscow Peace Treaty of 1940
linked to: Moscow Peace Treaty
Hanko naval base leaseBasis Moscow Peace Treaty
Khasavyurt Accord followedBy Moscow Peace Treaty