Peace of Dorpat

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Original negotiating table (Tartu City Museum)

In the peace treaties of Dorpat ( Estonian Tartu rahu , Finnish Tarton rauha ), Soviet Russia made peace with Finland and recognized Estonia's independence . The peace treaties were concluded in 1920 in the Estonian city of Tartu ( German Dorpat ).

Estonian-Russian Treaty

Borders of Estonia after the Peace of Dorpat and its change in favor of Russia at the time of the Estonian Soviet Republic 1940–1990

The Russian-Estonian treaty was signed on February 2, 1920. Negotiating partners were Jaan Poska on the Estonian side and Adolf Joffe for Soviet Russia (from 1922 Soviet Union ). In it, Soviet Russia recognized Estonia's independence “for all time” and committed itself to paying 15 million gold rubles , corresponding to 11.6 tons of gold (the proportional share of Estonia in the former Russian gold reserves ). The Russian-Estonian state border was established. In addition, the repatriation of cultural goods brought to Russia from Estonia was agreed (in particular the holdings of the University of Tartu ). Estonians deported to Russia were to be allowed to return to Estonia and a mutual separation of troops was decided.

Jaan Poska signing the contract
Adolf Joffe signing the contract

Finnish-Russian treaty

The Russian-Finnish border after the Peace of Dorpat: Petsamo to Finland Repola and Polajäervi to Soviet Russia

In the relationship between Soviet Russia and Finland, the Peace of Dorpat on the one hand marked the end of the Finnish independence process, initiated by the declaration of independence of 1917, and on the other hand the end of hostilities in the context of and as a result of the Finnish wars in the east from 1918 to 1920 In 1920 the Finnish-Russian treaty was ratified. The treaty essentially set the borders of the Tsarist Grand Duchy of Finland as the border of the now independent Finland. Finland also received Petsamo, an ice-free port on the North Sea , but gave up its claims to the Repola and Porajärvi districts , which it had only incorporated into its territory in 1918 and 1919 respectively.