Today is the Black Ribbon Day, officially known as the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism. The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed 83 years ago. Here is a leaflet of Ukrainian patriots calling Ukrainians to fight against both evils, Stalin and Hitler:

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Sept 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland
France & UK then declared war on Germany. Under Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of Aug 1939, Germany&USSR partitioned & annexed European neighbours: Poland, Ukraine, Finland, Romania & Baltic states
Ukraine went from one occupation to another…

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Has completing Nord Stream 2 become the contemporary Molotov-Ribbentrop pact?

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Até o final dos anos 1980, os países bálticos permaneceram sob domínio soviético. Para lutar por independência, no dia 23 de agosto de 1989, no 50º aniversário do Pacto Molotov-Ribbentrop, eles decidiram organizar um dos protestos mais icônicos da história.

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1941 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact As know "Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"

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❗The had its roots in the pact, the invasion of partition of the country between the and and subsequent occupation. Poles living in the territories annexed by the fell victim to repressions.

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On this day, 4th Feb 1938: Joachim von Ribbentrop is appointed Foreign Minister of Germany. Similarly in

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Germany
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
Soviet Union

Reconnaissance plane
Soviet airfields

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23 August 1939 - 76 years ago today, the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop (Nazi-Soviet) Pact.

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