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Rule of Poland

Russia · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1939–1945Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1939

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov28 September 1939

Moscow · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Russia is given land east of the Narew-Bug-San line. Ribbentrop & Molotov meet & split Poland in 2

Joseph Stalin28 September 1939

Moscow · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Ribbentrop & Molotov meet & split Poland in 2

Joseph Stalin30 October 1939

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Russia formally annexes its occupied Polish territories

1943

Joseph StalinDecember 1943

Tehran · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The 3 powers at the Tehran Conference move Polands frontiers westward

1945

Joseph Stalin6 July 1945

Warfare / World War, 2nd

The United Kingdom and the USA withdrew support for the legitimate Polish Government in exile, and all its agendas in Poland

Names involved

Joseph StalinVyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov

Provenance

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