During the Cold War, Ani was on the Turkish-Soviet border, but before this, in a treaty signed between Turkey and RSFSR with the purpose of confirming the border between Turkey and the Soviet Republic of Armenia, the Russian negotiator tried to include Ani in the Soviet Republic of Armenia, but Turkey did not agree.
The Russian negotiator Ganeckij of this treaty tried to include Ani into the soviet republic of Armenia, but Karabekir did not agree. 
