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British-Russian Convention

31 August 1907

Treaty between the British and Russian Empires, signed on 1907 in St. Petersburg, ending their rivalry in Central Asia to unite against Germany, in which southern Persia, Tibet, and Afghanistan were acknowledged as British sphere of influence. It dates from 31 August 1907. It led to Anglo-Russian Entente.

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