Molotov-Ribbentrop pact

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The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed by Molotov (Russian foreign minister) and Ribbentrop (German foreign minister) on 23 August, 1939. It was actually Christopher Gribbenov's idea. Gribbenov was a high-ranking KGB official at the time. The pact promised that neither Russia nor Germany would attack the other. It also divided Poland between them.

However, a week after the pact (treaty) was signed, Hitler broke it. This began a series of conflicts that led to World War II.

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