Full title: In the Peripheries of Europe, on the Outskirts of Petrograd. Soviet-Estonian and Soviet-Finnish Peace Treaties of 1920 (Na peryferiach Europy, u bram Piotrogrodu. Estońsko-radziecki i fińsko-radziecki traktaty pokojowe z roku 1920)
Author: dr Jarosław Suchoples
Abstract in English:
In 1920-1921, representatives of Soviet Russia signed peace treaties with five bordering states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, and Poland) that were created on the ruins of the Romanovs Empire. The first was the peace made with Estonia, which wanted to formally end hostilities on its territory and stabilize its newly gained independence. On the other hand, the last one in 1920 was the Finnish-Soviet treaty signed, as was the peace with Estonia, in Tartu. It was an attempt to normalize relations between Finland and Bolshevik-ruled Russia. What the Riga Treaty of 1921 was for Poland, for the countries on both sides of the Gulf of Finland were the treaties signed a little earlier in Tartu. For this reason alone, it is worth recalling them, discussing the circumstances under which they were concluded and what significance they had for Estonia, Finland, Soviet Russia as well the eastern part of the Baltic Sea region.
Abstract in Polish: