Anglo-Russian Convention

The Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907 , or Convention between the United Kingdom and Russia relating to Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet (Конвенция между Соединенным Королевством и Россией относительно Персии, Афганистана, и Тибета; Konventsiya mezhdu Soyedinennym Korolevstvom i Rossiyey otnositel'no Persii, Afghanistana, i Tibeta), was signed on August 31, 1907, in <a href="/facts/Saint_Petersburg/pNuCBxaM">Saint Petersburg</a>. It ended the two powers' longstanding rivalry in <a href="/facts/Central_Asia/rB8k0CyT">Central Asia</a> and enabled them to outflank the Germans, who were threatening <a href="/facts/Berlin%25E2%2580%2593Baghdad_railway/uI3m9CaR">to connect Berlin to Baghdad</a> with a new railroad that could potentially align the <a href="/facts/Ottoman_Empire/6QvfTRsg">Ottoman Empire</a> with Imperial Germany.
The Convention ended the long dispute over Persia between the two parties. Great Britain promised to stay out of northern Persia, and Russia recognized southern Persia as part of the British sphere of influence. Russia also promised to stay out of Tibet and Afghanistan. In exchange, London extended loans and some political support. The convention brought shaky <a href="/facts/Russia%25E2%2580%2593United_Kingdom_relations/vK7DFFFf">British–Russian relations</a> to the forefront by solidifying boundaries that identified respective control in <a href="/facts/Qajar_Iran/qSYcpC8f">Persia</a>, <a href="/facts/Emirate_of_Afghanistan/12lQfhrs">Afghanistan</a>, and <a href="/facts/Tibet_under_Qing_rule/K0dyn0NE">Tibet</a>. This agreement would eventually form a component of the <a href="/facts/Triple_Entente/pyxyg1cA">Triple Entente</a>.

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