The Treaty of Värälä (sometimes known as the Treaty of Wereloe) was signed in
Värälä,
Elimäki Municipality,
Finland
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, between
Russia
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(represented by
Otto Heinrich Igelström) and
Sweden
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(represented by
Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt
Count Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (russian: Граф Густав-Маврикий Максимович Армфельт, tr, ; 31 March 1757 – 19 August 1814) was a Finnish-Swedish-Russian courtier and diplomat. In Finland, he is considered one of ...
).
[Похлебкин В.В. Внешняя политика Руси, России и СССР за 1000 лет в именах, датах, фактах: Справочник. - М.: Междунар. отношения, 1995] It was signed on 14 August 1790 and concluded the
Russo-Swedish War
Wars between Russia
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. The treaty confirmed ''
status quo ante bellum
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The term was originally used in treaties to refer to the withdrawal of enemy troops and the restoration of prewar leadership. When used ...
'' with respect to the borders; however, Russia's right to interfere with Swedish interior affairs from the
Treaty of Nystad
The Treaty of Nystad (russian: Ништадтский мир; fi, Uudenkaupungin rauha; sv, Freden i Nystad; et, Uusikaupunki rahu) was the last peace treaty of the Great Northern War of 1700–1721. It was concluded between the Tsardom of ...
was expressly revoked. The provisions of the previous
Treaty of Abo were basically confirmed.
A year later, on 19 October 1791, a convention was signed in
Stockholm
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, whereby the countries pledged to
assist each other in case of foreign attack. The treaty anticipated the
First Coalition
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in its being directed against
Revolutionary France
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. Catherine bound herself to pay her new ally annual subsidies amounting to 300,000 rubles.
Gustav III
Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called ''Gustavus III'', was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Prussia.
Gustav was a vocal opponent of what ...
had sent to his cousin,
Catherine II of Russia
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, a letter in which he besought her to "forget the war as a passing cloud" and invoked their common blood as his claim to enjoy ''amitie'' with his cousin.
See also
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List of treaties
This list of treaties contains known agreements, pacts, peaces, and major contracts between states, armies, governments, and tribal groups.
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References
External links
Shirokorad A.B. ''The Northern Wars of Russia''. Moscow, 2001
Varala
Varala
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Treaties of the Russian Empire
Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)
1790 in Sweden
1790 in the Russian Empire
Sweden during the Gustavian era
Russia–Sweden treaties
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