“MOLOTOV-RIBBENTROP PACT” (experience of historical journalism)
The article considers a range of problems related to the signing of the Soviet-German non-aggression treaty in 1939. The author exposes the attempts of western politicians, ideologists and historians to lay the blame for the outbreak of the Second World war on the USSR along with Germany by speculating about this treaty. Of great interest to readers are the author’s reflections on the true causes of the Second World war, the role played by western countries and their political elites in its preparation and unleashing. At the same time, the role and place of anti-Communism and anti-Sovietism in the policy of appeasing the aggressors, which was carried out by the great European powers and the United States, is shown, the myth of Poland as an innocent victim of aggression by the USSR and Germany, so beloved by domestic liberals, is exposed. The author reveals the complexity of the military-political situation in which the USSR found itself by the end of the thirties of the last century, analyzes the efforts of the Soviet leadership aimed at creating a European system of collective security. The actions taken by the USSR aimed at rapprochement with fascist Germany were forced, the military and political leadership of the country was clearly aware of the severity of the Soviet-German political, ideological, economic and other contradictions and the inevitability of a military clash between the two countries due to this. Much has been done to prepare the country for a future war, to strengthen its defense potential. Of course, you can not turn a blind eye to the miscalculations and mistakes made in this case.