Ocupation: Former Premier of the Soviet Union
Life: December 18, 1878 - March 5, 1953
Birthday: December 18
Death: March 5
[State] finds [frontier] either with the aid of force, as in 1914, when Germany invaded Belgium in order to deal a blow against France or it "borrows" a frontier, such as Germany did with regard to Latvia, for instance, in 1918, in attempting to break through to Leningrad across Latvia.
topic: Latvia, Belgium, Leningrad