Template:Did you know nominations/1917 Franco-Russian agreement

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 02:15, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

1917 Franco-Russian agreement

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... that a 1917 agreement between France and Russia to support each others' post-war territorial ambitions was rendered void within days due to the February Revolution?

Source: "one of the last acts of the Tsarist government was to agree with the French (11 March 1917) that, in return for recognising their claims to Alsace-Lorraine and the right to fix the eastern frontier, Russia received the right to determine her own western limits, that is, to include as much of Poland as she could reconquer, Fortunately this bargain did not survive the revolution of March 1917" from: Reddaway, W. F.; Penson, J. H.; Halecki, O.; Dyboski, R. (15 September 2016). The Cambridge History of Poland. Cambridge University Press. p. 485. ISBN 978-1-316-62003-8.

ALT1: ~~... that in March 1917 France agreed to support Tsarist Russia's claim to as much of Poland as it could conquer?~~ Source: as above
ALT2: ... that agreeing to a treaty with France on post-war territorial ambitions was one of the last acts of the government of Russian tsar Nicholas II? Source: as above
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Carl Ludvig Lithander

Created by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 863 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 12:08, 8 August 2024 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

I'm not sure I can support ALT1 because this seems like it could be a POV interpretation. The designation of territories as "Poland", "Russia", etc. was a key controversy in boundary disputes. I think the original hook is best. (t · c) buidhe 00:06, 11 August 2024 (UTC)