Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact

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bilateral treaty international agreement non-aggression pact

The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was a 1939 non-aggression treaty between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union that secretly divided Eastern Europe into spheres of influence, paving the way for the outbreak of World War II.

Aliases (9)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral treaty → international agreement → non-aggression pact →
acknowledgedBy	Congress of People’s Deputies of the Soviet Union →
acknowledgmentDate	1989-12-24 →
affectedCountry	Estonia → Finland → Latvia → Lithuania → Poland →
alsoKnownAs	German–Soviet Non-aggression Pact → Hitler–Stalin Pact → Nazi–Soviet Pact →
archivalEvidence	Soviet archives →
category	Treaties of Nazi Germany → Treaties of the Soviet Union → World War II diplomacy →
component	public non-aggression treaty → secret additional protocol →
contains	secret protocol →
durationUntil	1941-06-22 →
enabled	Soviet occupation of the Baltic states → Soviet territorial claims on Finland → partition of Poland between Germany and the Soviet Union →
historicalContext	Prelude to World War II →
immediateConsequence	German invasion of Poland → Soviet invasion of eastern Poland →
influencedEvent	outbreak of World War II in Europe →
language	German → Russian →
legalStatusOfSecretProtocol	declared null and void by Soviet authorities in 1989 →
namedAfter	Joachim von Ribbentrop → Vyacheslav Molotov →
negotiatedBy	Joachim von Ribbentrop → Vyacheslav Molotov →
politicalIdeologyContext	agreement between fascist and communist regimes →
precedes	German–Soviet Frontier Treaty →
purpose	non-aggression between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union →
secretProtocolContent	division of Eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence →
signatory	Nazi Germany → Soviet Union →
signedBy	Joachim von Ribbentrop → Vyacheslav Molotov →
signingDate	1939-08-23 →
signingPlace	Moscow →
terminatedBy	Operation Barbarossa →
violatedBy	German invasion of the Soviet Union →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Invasion of Poland → Operation Barbarossa → Soviet occupation of the Baltic states → Soviet occupation of the Baltic states ("Soviet–German boundary and friendship treaty") → Unternehmen Barbarossa →	precededBy
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact ("Nazi–Soviet Pact") → Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact ("German–Soviet Non-aggression Pact") → Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact ("Hitler–Stalin Pact") →	alsoKnownAs
Hitler’s Reichstag speech of 1 September 1939 ("Nazi–Soviet Pact") → Katyn massacre → Second Vienna Award →	relatedEvent
European theatre of World War II → Fall Weiss →	relatedAgreement
German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact ("German–Soviet Non-Aggression Pact") → Soviet–Finnish negotiations of 1938–1939 →	relatedTo
1939 Defensive War → 1939 Defensive War ("German–Soviet Boundary and Friendship Treaty") →	treatyContext
Eastern Poland → Eastern Poland ("German–Soviet Frontier Treaty") →	wasAnnexedUnder
Eastern Poland ("Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact period") →	borderChangedSignificantlyDuring
September Campaign ("Nazi–Soviet Pact") →	cause
Poland–Soviet Union non-aggression pact →	coexistsWith
Baltic Way →	commemoratedEvent
Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland →	follows
Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland →	hasCause
Polish–Soviet relations →	hasKeyEvent
Western Belarus →	historicalEvent
Vyacheslav Molotov →	notableWork
Fall Weiss ("German–Soviet secret protocol on partition of Poland") →	relatedProtocol
Unternehmen Barbarossa →	violated
Polish–Romanian alliance →	weakenedBy