Opposing the treaties signed after the Paris Peace Conference, the Soviet state and the nascent Turkish Republic saw themselves as potential allies. The Treaties of Moscow and Kars in 1921 were the legal expressions of this. Among other things, both signatory powers agreed that a bilateral commission would demarcate their newly established mutual border in the South Caucasus. This article provides insights into the daily work of the Joint Turkish-Soviet Border Commission that met, after repeated delays, from March 1925 to September 1926. Based on the minutes of this commission stored in the National Archive of Armenia, it explores the following questions: Who were its members? What was its daily business? What sort of challenges occurred and how were they dealt with? This allows us to place this commission in context. Even though the Commission members stuck publicly to the terms of friendship and cooperation, they had conflicting geopolitical interests. Potential conflicts were deliberately silenced. Furthermore, regional representatives from the Transcaucasian Federation (on the Soviet side) or from the Kurdish minority (on the Turkish side) were marginalised in the decision-making processes. After one and a half years, the Commission was able to demarcate the bilateral border. From this perspective, its work was a success. The boundaries established in 1925/26 still exist today, separating Turkey from the three South Caucasian republics.

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在宣布友谊和隐藏不信任之间：土苏边境委员会，1925 年至 1926 年

苏联国家和新生的土耳其共和国反对巴黎和会后签署的条约，将自己视为潜在的盟友。1921年的《莫斯科条约》和《卡尔斯条约》就是这一点的法律体现。除其他事项外，两个签署国同意成立一个双边委员会来划定两国在南高加索地区新建立的共同边界。本文深入介绍了土苏联合边境委员会的日常工作，该委员会在一再拖延后于 1925 年 3 月至 1926 年 9 月召开会议。根据亚美尼亚国家档案馆保存的该委员会的会议记录，本文探讨了以下问题: 其成员有哪些？它的日常业务是什么？发生了什么样的挑战以及如何应对这些挑战？这使我们能够将此委员会置于特定背景中。尽管委员会成员公开坚持友好与合作的条款，但他们的地缘政治利益存在冲突。潜在的冲突被故意压制。此外，来自外高加索联邦（苏联一侧）或库尔德少数民族（土耳其一侧）的地区代表在决策过程中被边缘化。一年半后，委员会得以划定双边边界。从这个角度来看，它的工作是成功的。1925/26 年建立的边界至今仍然存在，将土耳其与三个南高加索共和国分开。