„Molotov-Ribbentrop-sáttmálinn“: Munur á milli breytinga

'''Molotov-Ribbentrop-sáttmálinn''', einnig kallaður '''sáttmáli Sovétmanna og nasista'''<ref name="Ref-1">Charles Peters (2005), ''Five Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of 1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World'', New York: PublicAffairs, Ch. 12, "The Deal and the Muster", bls. 164.</ref> eða '''griðarsáttmáli Þjóðverja og Sovétmanna'''<ref name="britannica1"/><ref>History.com (2016), [http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/german-soviet-nonaggression-pact German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact.] World War II series.</ref><ref name="Feldmanis">{{cite web|last1=Dr. habil.hist. Feldmanis|first1=Inesis|title=The Occupation of Latvia: Aspects of History and International Law|url=http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/policy/information-on-the-history-of-latvia/the-occupation-of-latvia-aspects-of-history-and-international-law|website=Ministry of Foreign Affaris of the Republic of Latvia - The Occupation of Latvia: Aspects of History and International Law|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affaris of the Republic of Latvia|accessdate=30 July 2017|ref=Feldmanis|archive-date=4 nóvember 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104104241/http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/policy/information-on-the-history-of-latvia/the-occupation-of-latvia-aspects-of-history-and-international-law|dead-url=yes}}</ref><ref name="Henderson">{{cite web|last1=Henderson|first1=Gerard|title=War pact between the nazis and Stalin left out of history|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/gerard-henderson/war-pact-between-the-nazis-and-stalin-left-out-of-history/news-story/1b6787c20363cd7dc1578fd05f2de21c|website=War pact between the nazis and Stalin left out of history|publisher=The Australian|accessdate=30 July 2017|ref=Henderson}}</ref><ref name="Britannica">{{cite web|title=The Origins Of World War II, 1929–39|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/20th-century-international-relations-2085155/The-origins-of-World-War-II-1929-39|website=Encyclopaedia Britannica|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica|accessdate=30 July 2017|ref=Britannica_web1}}</ref> var griðarsáttmáli milli [[Þriðja ríkið|Þýskalands nasismans]] og [[Sovétríkin|Sovétríkjanna]] sem undirritaður var í [[Moskva|Moskvu]] þann 23. ágúst 1939 af utanríkisráðherrum ríkjanna, [[Joachim von Ribbentrop]] og [[Vjatsjeslav Molotov]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Zabecki |first=David |title=Germany at war : 400 years of military history | publisher = ABC-CLIO, LLC |location=Santa Barbara, California |year=2014 |page=536 }}</ref> Næsta ár undirrituðu ríkin einnig verslunarsamning.

Yfirvöld Sovétríkjanna neituðu tilvist leyniviðauka sáttmálans þar til árið 1989, en þá viðurkenndu Sovétmenn að hann hefði verið til og gagnrýndu hann.<ref name="chathamhouse.org, 2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/ia/archive/view/164427|title=Russian historians defend the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact|publisher=|access-date=2017-11-02|archive-date=2015-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208113010/https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/ia/archive/view/164427|dead-url=yes}}</ref> Stuttu síðar komu rússneskir þjóðernissinnar sáttmálanum til varnar og færðu rök fyrir því að sáttmálinn hefði verið nauðsynlegur til að tryggja öryggi Sovétríkjanna þar sem Bretar og Frakkar hefðu ekki verið viljugir til að mynda andfasískt bandalag.<ref name="chathamhouse.org, 2011"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/3223834/Stalin-planned-to-send-a-million-troops-to-stop-Hitler-if-Britain-and-France-agreed-pact.html |title=Stalin 'planned to send a million troops to stop Hitler if Britain and France agreed |author=Nick Holdsworth in Moscow |date=18 October 2008 }}</ref> [[Vladimír Pútín]] hefur einnig komið sáttmálanum til varnar.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/vladimir-putin/11213255/Vladimir-Putin-says-there-was-nothing-wrong-with-Soviet-Unions-pact-with-Adolf-Hitlers-Nazi-Germany.html |work= [[Daily Telegraph]] |first= Tom |last= Parfitt |title= Vladimir Putin says there was nothing wrong with Soviet Union's pact with Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany |date= 6 November 2014 |accessdate= 20 May 2015}}</ref><ref>Timothy Snyder, NYreview of books,[http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/nov/10/putin-nostalgia-stalin-hitler/ putin nostalgia hitler stalin]</ref>