Turkey–Soviet Union border

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The Turkey–Soviet Union border was a strategically critical frontier between NATO and the Eastern Bloc, symbolizing a key geopolitical fault line throughout the Cold War.

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Turkey–Soviet Union border canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War border
former international border
international border
abolishedAsSuchInYear 1991
adjacentMountainRange Lesser Caucasus
adjacentSeaOrRiver Aras River
borderLengthApproxKm 560
borderRegion Adjara
Ardahan
Artvin
linked to: Artvin Province

Javakheti
linked to: Samtskhe-Javakheti

Kars
Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
characterizedAs heavily militarized
strategically important
country1 Republic of Turkey
linked to: Turkey
country2 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
linked to: Soviet Union
demarcatedInDecade 1920s
establishedByTreaty Treaty of Kars
Treaty of Moscow (1921)
establishedInYear 1921
geopoliticalRole frontier between NATO and Eastern Bloc
key Cold War fault line
governedByAgreement Soviet–Turkish border protocols
linked to: Treaty of Kars
hadBorderCrossing Alican border crossing
Doğu Kapı border crossing
Sarp border crossing
hasSectionWithSuccessorState Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
historicalPredecessor Ottoman Empire–Russian Empire border
locatedIn South Caucasus
Transcaucasia
linked to: South Caucasus
locatedOnContinent Asia
Europe
partOf NATO–Warsaw Pact frontier
securityRegime fortified
strictly controlled
separated Eastern Bloc
NATO
Soviet Union
Turkey
succeededBy Turkey–Armenia border
Turkey–Azerbaijan border
Turkey–Georgia border
Turkey–Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic border
timePeriod Cold War

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NATO external border during Cold War includesSection Turkey–Soviet Union border