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The Suwałki Gap, also known as the Suwałki corridor [a] [b] ([suˈvawkʲi] ⓘ), is a sparsely populated area around the border between Lithuania and Poland, and centres on the shortest path between Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast on the Polish side of the border.
Wartime administrative division; Territories of Poland and Danzig annexed by Nazi Germany; General Government; Polish areas annexed by USSR; Polish government-in-exile and Polish Underground State
Suwałki Region (Polish: Suwalszczyzna [suvalʂt͡ʂɨzna] ⓘ; Lithuanian: Suvalkų kraštas, Suvalkija) is a historical region around the city of Suwałki in northeastern Poland near the border with Lithuania.
Suwałki ([suˈvau̯kʲi] ⓘ; Lithuanian: Suvalkai; Yiddish: סואוואַלק or סוּוואַלק) is a city in northeastern Poland with a population of 69,206 (2021). [1]
In medieval times, the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania had a vast and often changing border. [4] From the Union of Lublin (1569) to the Partitions of Poland, there was no Polish-Lithuanian border, as both countries were a part of a single federated entity, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. [5]
The Polish Corridor (German: Polnischer Korridor; Polish: korytarz polski), also known as the Pomeranian Corridor, was a territory located in the region of Pomerelia (Pomeranian Voivodeship, Eastern Pomerania), which provided the Second Polish Republic with access to the Baltic Sea, thus dividing the bulk of Weimar Germany from the province of ...
Suvalkija or Sudovia (Lithuanian: Suvalkija or Sūduva) is the smallest of the five cultural regions of Lithuania.Its unofficial capital is Marijampolė.People from Suvalkija (Suvalkijans) are called suvalkiečiai (plural) or suvalkietis (singular) in Lithuanian. [2]
There is a plan to build highway on Corridor Vc, which will go from river Sava, across Doboj, Sarajevo and Mostar to Adriatic Sea. Next sections are Kakanj -Drivuša 16 km (9.9 mi), Zenica Sjever-Drivuša 11 km (6.8 mi), Svilaj-Odžak 11 km (6.8 mi), Vlakovo-Tarčin 20 km (12 mi), Počitelj-Bijača 21 km (13 mi).