1907 Creation of the Entente

110 years ago, on August 31, 1907, England, Russia and France formed a military-political alliance in opposition to the "Triple Alliance" of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. On this day, Russia and England signed in St. Petersburg an agreement on the delimitation of spheres of influence in Iran, Afghanistan and Tibet. Russia recognized the British protectorate over Afghanistan. Both sides refused to establish control over Tibet, and Iran was divided into three zones of influence - Russian in the north, British in the south and neutral in the center of the country.

Earlier, in 1893, a Russian-French defensive alliance was created, and in 1904, an Anglo-French alliance. The latter was unofficially called l'Entente cordiale ("Consent of the heart"), so the union of England, France and Russia received the unofficial name Entente ("Consent").