so as we all know the treaty of Moscow of 1925 between Turkey and the USSR led to both nations swapping people and minor land adjustment. The USSR got Armenians and other "Europeans" while Turkey got ethnic Turks and other Turkic peoples.
Agree only after the Soviets offered larger scale grain and food subsidies, Mustafa Kamal Ataturk had on many occasions stated his reason for accepting was to populate his nation with hands that could work the fields, factories and firearms and proclaimed it was his single greatest achievement along with leading his nation's independence.
Between 1925-1937, about half a million people went to the USSR and 12 million Turks were moved to Turkey. By the end of the population transfer and along with population growth Turkey had more than doubled in population from 15 million in 1925 to 40 in 1950.
So WI the swap never happened how would this have affected the USSR and Turkey and the World as a whole
Agree only after the Soviets offered larger scale grain and food subsidies, Mustafa Kamal Ataturk had on many occasions stated his reason for accepting was to populate his nation with hands that could work the fields, factories and firearms and proclaimed it was his single greatest achievement along with leading his nation's independence.
Between 1925-1937, about half a million people went to the USSR and 12 million Turks were moved to Turkey. By the end of the population transfer and along with population growth Turkey had more than doubled in population from 15 million in 1925 to 40 in 1950.
So WI the swap never happened how would this have affected the USSR and Turkey and the World as a whole
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