Kars protocol

This train car - displayed next to the Kars Museum - was where the Russian Socialist Republic and representatives of the new nationalist forces which were later to govern Turkey wholly under Kemal Atatürk together signed the Kars Protocol in 1920. This protocol returned Kars from Russian to Turkish control.







It wasn't the first international agreement signed by Russia after the revolution but I do have an idea that it may be one of the earliest examples from Turkey of the incoming republican side entering into an international agreement... Anyway, neither side can have been particularly stable or unquestioned in their respective territories at the time. I wonder what their entering into this agreement may have meant for stabilizing future rule? Were they perhaps perceived as more stable entities by this ability/commitment, for instance?

Unfortunately, it wasn't possible to enter the car. Climbing up and peeking in, some photos seemed to be displayed inside, but maybe there wasn't much else to see.