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The Poland–Russia borders were confirmed in a Polish-Russian treaty of 1992 (ratified in 1993). [10] The Poland–Russia border is 232 km long between Poland and Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia, which is an exclave, unconnected to the rest of Russia due to the Lithuania–Russia border. [12]
Kaliningrad is the only Russian Baltic Sea port that is ice-free all year and hence plays an important role in the maintenance of the country's Baltic Fleet. The oblast is mainly flat, as the highest point is the 230 m (750 ft) Gora Dozor hill near the tripoint of the Poland–Russia border/Lithuania–Russia border. [77]
The first Russian partition took place in the late 17th century when the forced Treaty of Andrusovo signed in 1667 granted Russia the Commonwealth's territory in the Eastern Ukraine. [3] Under the Third Partition of Poland Russia acquired Courland, all Lithuanian territory east of the Nieman River, and the remaining parts of Volhynian Ukraine.
Poland and the Russian Federation have an agreement whereby residents of Kaliningrad and the Polish cities of Olsztyn, Elbląg and Gdańsk may obtain "small border traffic" cards permitting repeated travel between the two countries, crossing the Polish–Russian border. As of July 2013, Poland had issued 100,000 of the cards.
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.
This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Used a blank SVG map to build a vector map of the regions. The original can be viewed here: Russia - blank map (2008-01).svg: . Modifications made by Plavius.
The Borders of Poland are 3,511 km (2,182 mi) [1] or 3,582 km (2,226 mi) long. [2] The neighboring countries are Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and Lithuania and the Russian province of Kaliningrad Oblast to the northeast.
Russian federation Map. Regions, largest cities, main roads. This image has been voluntarily transferred to the public domain by its author - a user of Russian Wikipedia. User:Mr.Mariott gives all rights to use the work for any pu