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Signing of the Reinsurance Treaty
- When
- 1887
- Where
- Berlin
Bismarck and Russian Foreign Minister Nikolay Girs signed the secret treaty in Berlin in 1887, establishing mutual neutrality with specific exceptions.
The treaty provided that both parties would remain neutral if the other became involved in a war with a third great power, except if Germany attacked France or Russia attacked Austria-Hungary. It also included a separate agreement for German neutrality regarding Russian intervention against Ottoman control of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles.
Sources
- Reinsurance Treaty Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-17
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