portions remained in force until the Collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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[[Image:P80 6.jpg|right|thumb|Stalin and Von Ribbentrop at the signing of the non-aggression pact]]
[[Image:P80 6.jpg|right|thumb|Stalin and Von Ribbentrop at the signing of the non-aggression pact]]
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The '''Molotov-Ribbentrop pact''' (formally the ''Treaty of Non-aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics'', also called the '''Hitler-Stalin pact''' or '''Nazi-Soviet pact''') was a treaty between [[Nazi Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]], in the opening days of [[World War II]]. Representing the Soviets was foreign minister [[Vyacheslav Molotov]], and representing the Nazis was foreign minister [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]]. The treaty was signed on August 23, 1939 in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]].
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The '''Molotov-Ribbentrop pact''' (formally the ''Treaty of Non-aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics'', also called the '''Hitler-Stalin pact''' or '''Nazi-Soviet pact''') was a treaty between [[Nazi Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]], in the opening days of [[World War II]]. Some portions of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact remained in force until the [[Collapse of the Soviet Union]] in 1991.
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Representing the Soviets was foreign minister [[Vyacheslav Molotov]], and representing the Nazis was foreign minister [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]]. The treaty was signed on August 23, 1939 in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]].
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==External links==
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*[http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/nazsov/nazsov.htm Nazi-Soviet Relations 1939-1941] : Documents from the Archives of The German Foreign Office. Edited by Raymond James Sontag and James Stuart Beddie. United States Department of State. Publication 3023. U. S. Government Printing Office. 1948.