The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina



soviet foreign minister vyacheslav molotov signs molotov-ribbentrop pact. behind him stand (left) german foreign minister joachim von ribbentrop , (right) soviet leader joseph stalin.


on august 23, 1939, soviet union , nazi germany signed molotov-ribbentrop pact, non-aggression treaty contained additional secret protocol maps, in demarcation line through eastern europe drawn, dividing german , soviet interest zones. bessarabia among regions assigned soviet sphere of interest pact. article iii of secret additional protocol states:



with regard southeastern europe attention called soviet side interest in bessarabia. german side declares complete political disinterestedness in these areas.









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