Transcript FSU Border Disputes

FSU Border Disputes
By Stephen Barnett and Hunter Popp
Grabber
• http://weburbanist.com/2008/01/27/7abandoned-wonders-of-the-former-sovietunion-from-y-stations-to-unfinished-structures/
Baltic States
Estonia
• Border north of Lake
Peipus was moved 12
Km to the west (Treaty
of Tartu)
• Border south of the
lake was moved 25 Km
west
Latvia
• 1,300 sq. km handed over to Russia in the
north-eastern part of Latvia
Lithuania
• The Vilnius regions
(orange and
brown) were taken
by Poland in 1920,
even though Soviet
Russia had
declared it was the
Lithuanians in the
Soviet-Lithuanian
Peace Treaty.
Once Poland was
invaded by Russia
in 1939, due to the
treaty with the
Germans, the
Vilnius regions
were given back to
Lithuania and they
still have to this
day.
Eastern Europe
Belarus
• After 1939 when it's final
borders were drawn by the
USSR, no changes were
made.
Ukraine
• In the 1951 Polish-Soviet
Border Exchange, the city
of Ustrzyki and 6 small
villages were transferred
from the USSR Ukraine
to Poland in exchange for
coal mining land in the
north.
Moldova
• In 1990, Transnistia declared
its independence from
Moldova due to fear of the
rise of nationalism and
expected reunification with
Romania. Even though it is
granted autonomy, the region
still demands its
independence.
• It is internationally cognized
as part of Moldova.
South Caucasus
Azerbaijan and
Armenia
• Lasting from 1988-1994, the
war over Nagorno Karabakh
took place. The territory
voted for itself the be handed
to the Aremenians but the
Azeris disapproved. Russia
made the decision to not
make teritorial changes to
the area.
Georgia
• In 2008 Georgia launched a
large military attack in South
Ossetia attempting to reclaim
the area. The Russians
decided to place their military
in there to back South
Ossetia to keep it a country.
Within 5 days Georgia
retreated and a treaty was
then signed.
Central Asia
Conflicts
• Areas of the Fergana Valley (Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan)
• Isfara Valley (Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan)
• Islands of Ukatny, Zhestky, and Malozhemchuzney (Russia and
Kazakhstan)
• Vozrozhdeniya Island (Kazakhstan and Uzebekistan)