PHOTO: EAST NEWS/LASKI DIFFUSION 23 sierpnia 1939, podpisanie paktu o nieagresji pomiedzy sowiecka Rosja i III Rzesza, zwanego paktem Ribbentrop-Molotow N/z: Wiaczeslaw Molotow, za nim od lewej: Joachim Ribbentrop, Jozef Stalin, NN, Friedrich Gaus The Ribbentrop-Molotov pact, a non-aggression treaty between the Soviet Union and the Third Reich, signed in Moscow on August 23 1939, by the Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov and the German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. In the photo: Vyacheslav Molotov, behind him (from the left) Joachim von Ribbentrop and Joseph Stalin.

The Non-Agression Pact between Germany and Soviet-Russia was signed by both foreign ministers of the countries in Moscow August 23, 1939. Stalin attended the ceremony. Left to right are: Germany Foreign Minister Joachim won Ribbentrop, Stalin, undersecretary of state Gauss, Councillor of Legation Hilger, the Russian Foreign Minister Molotow and the German ambassador to Moscow Count von der Schulenburg. (AP Photo)

Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, far right, General Secretary of the Communist Party Josef Stalin, second from right, and German Reich Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, third from right, pose together after signing the German-Soviet non-aggression pact in Moscow, August 23, 1939, a few days before the outbreak of World War II. On the far left is Under State Secretary Friedrich Gaus, of the German Foreign Office. (AP Photo)

Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, seated, signs the German-Soviet non-aggression pact in Moscow, August 23, 1939, a few days before the outbreak of World War II. Standing behind him are General Secretary of the Communist Party Josef Stalin, second from right, and German Reich Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, third from right. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo)