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Pages in category "Soviet military personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,097 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page) -
It had three names during its existence: People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs (1923–1946), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1946–1991) and Ministry of External Relations (1991). It was one of the most important government offices in the Soviet Union .
On 23 August 1939, the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact with Germany which included a secret protocol that divided Eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence, anticipating potential "territorial and political rearrangements" of these countries. [2] Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, starting World War II.
[35] [34] However, by April 1925, this arrangement broke down as Stalin consolidated power to become the Soviet Union's absolute dictator. He also held the post of the Minister of Defence from 19 July 1941 to 3 March 1947 and chaired the State Defense Committee during World War II. [36] Georgy Malenkov (1902–1988) [37] 5 March 1953 [38] [39] ↓
After World War II, on 29 June 1945, a treaty was signed between Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union, ceding Carpatho-Ukraine officially to the Soviet Union. Following the capture of Prague by the Red Army in May 1945 the Soviets withdrew in December 1945 as part of an agreement that all Soviet and US troops leave the country.
He presented his postwar plans to Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov, [13] who had arrived in Washington on May 29 to discuss the possibility of launching a second front in Europe. [14] The President said to Molotov that "he could not visualize another League of Nations with 100 different signatories; there were simply too many nations ...
The Third Moscow Conference was one of the first times in which foreign ministers of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union could meet and discuss important global matters. Here, they discussed what measures needed to be taken in order to shorten and end the war with Germany and the Axis Powers, as well as how to ...
Immediately behind Churchill is Admiral Miles, Chief, of the British Military Mission to the Soviet Union. Office of War Information Photograph. (2016/01/15). The British delegation led by Churchill and Cardogan was met by Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov and Chief of Staff, Marshal Boris Shaposhnikov.