Database: Nazi-Soviet Pact

Moscow////1939-08-23 Despite the coming of the war, and the apparent ideological distance between them, and the Soviet Union signed a  on August 23, 1939.

Also known as the Nazi-Soviet Pact, the agreement contained a secret protocol dividing several nations into "spheres of influence" controlled by the Soviets and the Germans. The treaty was named after the respective foreign ministers of Germany and  of the Soviet Union.