In 1946, the USSR claimed part of Turkey’s territory, with Lavrentiy Beria claiming the Ottoman Empire had stolen it from Georgia. The claim was abandoned after Stalin’s death in 1953.
In 1946, the USSR claimed part of Turkey’s territory, with Lavrentiy Beria claiming the Ottoman Empire had stolen it from Georgia. The claim was abandoned after Stalin’s death in 1953.
This is actually the main reason why Turkey sided with the Americans and joined NATO during the Cold War. There were other reasons but this was the main reason
murd90 on
That was the most important thing that pushed Turkey to take sides with the West and eventually join NATO. Turkey also sent soldiers for the Korean war (to the United Nations and US side of course), that also contributed to the acceptance to NATO.
Also on a interesting side note, Turkey and Greece joined NATO simultaneously.
Playful-Demand2312 on
Stalin really was a Georgian Nationalist deep insideðŸ˜
EarthTraditional3329 on
And Armenia
Lothronion on
There is an interesting aspect of an alternate timeline that this was materialized. In the state censuses of the USSR in the 1930s they estimate around 300,000 Greeks, mainly Pontian Greeks that had fled to Russia during and in the aftermath of the Pontic Genocide (1914-1923). They had been greatly persecuted in the 1930s-1940s, and mass deported into Central Asia, but it would make sense, as if they did that, they would automatically and immediately have fierce supporters in that occupied area, those very same inhabitants that had been genocided and ethnically cleansed from that very land just a generation earlier. It would also be a huge propaganda card against Greece and their inclusion within the NATO, as well as a tremendous leverage for blackmail. Â
miasternet on
Stalin really knew how to draw a line in the sand huh
Deep_Head4645 on
Now i know why the turks joined nato
SkylarAV on
Pedos love stealing
kartu3 on
US has blocked it.
Free-Information1776 on
as a third rome they would naturally claim the whole anatolia.
Firstpoet on
Who remembers the Armenians?
Jediuzzaman on
This was aimed to counter Turanism but failed miserably.
Baron_von_Zoldyck on
“SEVEN YEARS OLD!”
Key-Fuel-9992 on
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Hour_Insurance_1897 on
Why the soviets didn’t also lay claims on Armenia’s lost territory, as they did with Georgia’s?
cap_or_fact on
Wild how history’s just endless beef over who gets the best ocean view
napa0 on
~in an alternate universe where USSR annexed that territory. After the fall of USSR would that be part of modern day Georgia?
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This is actually the main reason why Turkey sided with the Americans and joined NATO during the Cold War. There were other reasons but this was the main reason
That was the most important thing that pushed Turkey to take sides with the West and eventually join NATO. Turkey also sent soldiers for the Korean war (to the United Nations and US side of course), that also contributed to the acceptance to NATO.
Also on a interesting side note, Turkey and Greece joined NATO simultaneously.
Stalin really was a Georgian Nationalist deep insideðŸ˜
And Armenia
There is an interesting aspect of an alternate timeline that this was materialized. In the state censuses of the USSR in the 1930s they estimate around 300,000 Greeks, mainly Pontian Greeks that had fled to Russia during and in the aftermath of the Pontic Genocide (1914-1923). They had been greatly persecuted in the 1930s-1940s, and mass deported into Central Asia, but it would make sense, as if they did that, they would automatically and immediately have fierce supporters in that occupied area, those very same inhabitants that had been genocided and ethnically cleansed from that very land just a generation earlier. It would also be a huge propaganda card against Greece and their inclusion within the NATO, as well as a tremendous leverage for blackmail. Â
Stalin really knew how to draw a line in the sand huh
Now i know why the turks joined nato
Pedos love stealing
US has blocked it.
as a third rome they would naturally claim the whole anatolia.
Who remembers the Armenians?
This was aimed to counter Turanism but failed miserably.
“SEVEN YEARS OLD!”
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Why the soviets didn’t also lay claims on Armenia’s lost territory, as they did with Georgia’s?
Wild how history’s just endless beef over who gets the best ocean view
~in an alternate universe where USSR annexed that territory. After the fall of USSR would that be part of modern day Georgia?