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Lithuania, [b] officially the Republic of Lithuania, [c] is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. [d] It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a maritime border with Sweden to the west.
Lithuania Russia: Length: 297.1 km (184.6 mi), including the 22.2 km (13.8 mi) sea border [1] History; Established: 1945: Current shape: 24 October 1997: Treaties: Treaty between the Republic of Lithuania and the Russian Federation concerning the State Border between Lithuania and Russia (1997) [2]
The two countries share a border that extends 453 kilometres. Lithuania's eastern border with Belarus is longer, stretching 502 kilometers. [2] The border with Poland on the south is relatively short, only 91 kilometers, but it is very busy because of international traffic. [2] Lithuania also has a 227-kilometer border with Russia.
The term Baltic countries (or lands, or states) was, until the early 20th century, used in the context of countries neighbouring the Baltic Sea: Sweden and Denmark, sometimes also the German Empire and the Russian Empire. With the advent of Foreningen Norden (the Nordic Associations), the term Baltic countries was no longer used for Sweden and ...
The group of countries that are members of the inter-governmental Baltic Assembly and Baltic Council of Ministers, [4] and generally referred to by the shorthand, Baltic states: [5] [6] [7] Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia, exclaved from the remainder of Russia. [8]
The list includes all countries listed in the List of countries, the French overseas departments, the Spanish and Portuguese overseas regions and inhabited overseas dependencies. See List of extinct countries, empires, etc. and Former countries in Europe after 1815 for articles about countries that are no longer in existence.
The decision came as Lithuanians grow increasingly worried about the presence of Russia-linked Wagner group mercenaries in Belarus. Lithuania to temporarily close two checkpoints with Belarus amid ...
Russian: Абхазия Abhaziya. Abkhaz: Аԥсны Аҳәынҭқарра Apsny Ahwyntkarra Russian: Республика Абхазия Respublika Abhaziya: Sukhumi Abkhaz: Аҟəа Akwa. Georgian: სოხუმი Sokhumi Russian: Сухуми Sukhumi. Kosovo: Republic of Kosovo De jure part of Serbia [s 2] Albanian: Kosova, Kosovë