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Soviet Union in World War II

  • German–Soviet Axis talksOn the 23rd of August 1939, the world watched as two enemies signed a non-aggression pact in Moscow. The German Foreign Minister Joachim Ribbentrop and…
  • Soviet–Japanese Neutrality PactOn the 13th of April 1941, the Soviet Union and the Empire of Japan signed a non-aggression pact in Moscow. This agreement arrived two years after the…
  • Great Patriotic War (term)The phrase Patriotic War first appeared in 1844 within Vissarion Belinsky's essay Russian literature in 1843. It was printed in the magazine Otechestvennye…