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]]. | 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]]. |