Rafael Erich's cabinet was the sixth Government of

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. The cabinet's time period was March 15, 1920 – April 9, 1921. It was a

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. Erich's cabinet's main task was to conclude the official peace treaty with

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. The

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was signed in

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, Estonia, on October 14, 1920. Soviet Russia recognized Finland's independence officially and its frontier between the two countries.

Assembly

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