Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact

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World War II–era treaty bilateral treaty international treaty non-aggression pact

The Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact was a 1941 non-aggression treaty between the Soviet Union and Japan that temporarily ensured peace between the two powers during World War II until it was renounced by the USSR in 1945.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact of 1941	3
Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Treaty	1
Soviet–Japanese Non-Aggression Pact	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II–era treaty ⓘ bilateral treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ non-aggression pact ⓘ
allowedPolicy	enabled Japan to focus on its war in China and the Pacific ⓘ enabled the Soviet Union to concentrate on its war with Nazi Germany ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact ⓘ surface form: Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Treaty Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact ⓘ surface form: Soviet–Japanese Non-Aggression Pact
articleContent	each party pledged to maintain peaceful and friendly relations ⓘ each party pledged to remain neutral if the other was attacked by a third power ⓘ each party pledged to respect the territorial integrity and inviolability of the other ⓘ
conflictContext	Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countrySignatory	Japan ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
dateDenounced	1945-04-05 ⓘ
dateSigned	1941-04-13 ⓘ
denouncedBy	Soviet Union ⓘ
effectiveEnd	1946-04-25 ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	1941-07-25 ⓘ
historicalSignificance	helped shape strategic decisions of both Axis and Allied powers in Asia ⓘ reduced likelihood of a northern front war for Japan during its expansion in Southeast Asia ⓘ reduced likelihood of a two-front war for the Soviet Union during the German invasion ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ Russian ⓘ
legalNature	binding international agreement under international law ⓘ
locationSigned	Moscow ⓘ
precededBy	Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ surface form: Soviet–Japanese border conflicts of the late 1930s
purpose	to ensure neutrality between the Soviet Union and Japan ⓘ to prevent armed conflict between the Soviet Union and Japan ⓘ
relatedEvent	Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ Soviet declaration of war on Japan in August 1945 ⓘ
renewalClause	automatic renewal for another 5 years unless denounced one year before expiry ⓘ
renunciationContext	denounced by the Soviet Union shortly before its entry into the war against Japan ⓘ
resultedIn	mutual neutrality between the Soviet Union and Japan until 1945 ⓘ temporary stabilization of Soviet–Japanese relations ⓘ
signatory	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
signedByPerson	Vyacheslav Molotov ⓘ Yosuke Matsuoka ⓘ
signedForCountry	Vyacheslav Molotov signed for the Soviet Union ⓘ Yosuke Matsuoka signed for Japan ⓘ
statusDuringWWII	remained formally in force until 1946 despite 1945 denunciation ⓘ
subjectOf	historical research on Soviet–Japanese relations ⓘ studies of World War II diplomacy ⓘ
termLength	5 years ⓘ
yearSigned	1941 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact → alsoKnownAs → Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Treaty

Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact → alsoKnownAs → Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese Non-Aggression Pact

Nomonhan Incident → consequence → Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact of 1941

Soviet–Japanese War (1945) → precededBy → Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact ⓘ

Battle of Khalkhin Gol → precedes → Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact ⓘ

Nomonhan Incident → precedes → Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact of 1941

Battle of Khalkhin Gol → relatedTo → Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact of 1941

Nomonhan Incident → relatedTo → Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact ⓘ