Soviet territorial claims against Turkey

According to the memories of Nikita Khrushchev, the deputy premier Lavrentiy Beria pressed Joseph Stalin to claim eastern Anatolian territory that had supposedly been stolen from Georgians and Armenians by the Turks. A large portion of the territorial claim corresponded to Western Armenia, which comprises a significant portion of the ancestral homeland of the Armenian people. The Soviet claims, if successful, would have strengthened the state's position around the Black Sea and would weaken British influence in the Middle East.

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