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German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact: Quick Facts

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Also Known As German-Soviet Treaty of Nonaggression • Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact • Hitler-Stalin Pact • Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
Date August 23, 1939
Participants Third Reich • Soviet Union
Context World War II

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Portrait of Adolf Hitler in a collared shirt and tie, facing forward with a serious expression, circa 1933.
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
premier of Soviet Union
Vyacheslav Molotov seated in a suit and tie, looking to the side, with several men behind him in a formal setting.
Vyacheslav Molotov
Russian statesman and diplomat
Portrait of German diplomat Joachim von Ribbentrop in formal attire, looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression.
Joachim von Ribbentrop
German diplomat