Soviet–Polish Non-Aggression Pact

The Soviet–Polish Non-Aggression Pact (Polish: Polsko-radziecki pakt o nieagresji, Russian: Договор о ненападении между СССР и Польшей, transliterated as Dogovor o nenapadenii mezhdu SSSR i Pol'shey) was a non-aggression pact signed in 1932 by representatives of Poland and the Soviet Union.

After the Polish–Soviet War, the Polish authorities pursued a policy of "equal distance" between Germany and the Soviet Union.

Most Polish politicians, both on the left and on the right, believed that Poland should rely mostly on the crucial Franco-Polish Military Alliance, which dated back to World War I, and not support either Germany or the Soviet Union.

The pact was considered at the time as a major success of Polish diplomacy, which had been greatly weakened by the toll war with Germany, the renouncement of parts of the Treaty of Versailles and the loosened ties to France.

The pact also reinforced the Polish negotiating position with Germany, which finally resulted in the signing of the 1934 German–Polish declaration of non-aggression 18 months later.