You can mark you interesting snippets of text that will be available through a unique link in your browser.


Anglo-Russian Entente

Anglo-Russian Entente
(1907) Pact in which Britain and Russia settled their colonial disputes in Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet.

It delineated spheres of influence in Persia, stipulated that neither country would interfere in Tibet's internal affairs, and recognized Britain's influence over Afghanistan. The agreement led to the formation of the Triple Entente.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

  
Share  

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Anglo-Russian Entente — Signed on August 31, 1907, in St. Petersburg, Russia, the Anglo Russian Convention of 1907 brought shaky British Russian relations to the forefront by solidifying boundaries that identified respective control in Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet.… …   Wikipedia

  • entente — /ahn tahnt /; Fr. /ahonn tahonnt /, n., pl. ententes / tahnts /; Fr. / tahonnt /. 1. an arrangement or understanding between two or more nations agreeing to follow a particular policy with regard to affairs of international concern. 2. an… …   Universalium

  • Entente — Entente, meaning a diplomatic understanding, may refer to a number of agreements:* The Entente Cordiale , 1904 between France and the United Kingdom. * The Anglo Russian Entente, 1907 between the United Kingdom and Russia. * The Triple Entente,… …   Wikipedia

  • Entente anglo-russe — Demande de traduction Anglo Russian Entente → …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Entente cordiale — The Entente cordiale is a series of agreements signed on 8 April 1904 between the United Kingdom and France. Beyond the immediate concerns of colonial expansion addressed by the agreement, the signing of the Entente cordiale marked the end of… …   Wikipedia

  • Russian history, 1855–1892 — Economic developmentThe late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were times of crisis for Russian nuts. Not only did technology and industry continue to develop more rapidly in the West, but also new, dynamic, competitive great powers… …   Wikipedia

  • Anglo — /ang gloh/, n., pl. Anglos, adj. n. 1. a white American of non Hispanic descent, as distinguished esp. from an American of Mexican or Spanish descent. 2. (sometimes l.c.) an English speaking person in a place where English is not the language of… …   Universalium

  • Russian — /rush euhn/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to Russia, its people, or their language. n. 2. a native or inhabitant of Russia. 3. a member of a Slavic people, the dominant ethnic group in the Russian Federation, whose historical homeland lies along the… …   Universalium

  • Triple Entente — 1. an informal understanding among Great Britain, France, and Russia based on a Franco Russian military alliance (1894), an Anglo French entente (1904), and an Anglo Russian entente (1907). It was considered a counterbalance to the Triple… …   Universalium

  • Triple Entente — The Triple Entente ( entente French for agreement ) was the name given to the loose alignment of the United Kingdom, the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire after the signing of the Anglo Russian Entente. The alignment of the three… …   Wikipedia