Treaty of Berlin

1926

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The Treaty of Berlin, signed on April 24, 1926, was a treaty between Germany and the Soviet Union that reaffirmed and extended the friendly relations established by the earlier Treaty of Rapallo. This agreement was significant because it received unanimous approval from all German political parties, including those on the right, unlike Stresemann's agreements with Western powers. The treaty aimed to reassure the Soviets, who were suspicious of Germany's participation in the Locarno Pact and feared an anti-Soviet bloc. The Treaty of Berlin helped to stabilize relations between Germany and the Soviet Union during a critical period in post-World War I Europe.12

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20th-century international relations
Stalin’s diplomacy
…the Rapallo accord produced the Treaty of Berlin (April 24, 1926) by which Germany pledged neutrality in any conflict between the U.S.S.R. and a third power, including the League of Nations. Germany also provided a 300,000,000-mark credit and in the late 1920s accounted for 29 percent of Soviet foreign trade.
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…the Rapallo accord produced the Treaty of Berlin (April 24, 1926) by which Germany pledged neutrality in any conflict between the U.S.S.R. and a third power, including the League of Nations. Germany also provided a 300,000,000-mark credit and in the late 1920s accounted for 29 percent of Soviet foreign trade.
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Gustav Stresemann
Years as foreign minister of Gustav Stresemann
…League of Nations, and the Berlin Treaty with the Soviet Union (an agreement providing for mutual neutrality) was signed. In 1928 the Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war was signed by Germany. Stresemann did not live to see the complete evacuation of French troops from the Rhineland and the completion of the…
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…League of Nations, and the Berlin Treaty with the Soviet Union (an agreement providing for mutual neutrality) was signed. In 1928 the Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war was signed by Germany. Stresemann did not live to see the complete evacuation of French troops from the Rhineland and the completion of the…
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Weimar Republic
The Locarno Pact
…Stresemann signed a new Soviet-German treaty in Berlin on April 24, 1926, confirming and extending the friendly relations established at Rapallo. Unlike Stresemann’s agreements with the Western powers, the treaty of Berlin received the unanimous approval of the German political parties, including those on the right. A series of commercial…
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…Stresemann signed a new Soviet-German treaty in Berlin on April 24, 1926, confirming and extending the friendly relations established at Rapallo. Unlike Stresemann’s agreements with the Western powers, the treaty of Berlin received the unanimous approval of the German political parties, including those on the right. A series of commercial…
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