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The Principality ___MASK75___ Polotsk , also known as the Kingdom ___MASK75___ Polotsk or the Duchy ___MASK75___ Polotsk , was a medieval principality ___MASK75___ the Early ___MASK40___ Slavs . The origin and date ___MASK75___ state establishment is uncertain . The Russian chronicles mention Polotsk being conquered by ___MASK64___ the Great , and thereafter it became associated with the Rurik dynasty and Kievan Rus '. ___MASK59___ or Polatsk is a historical city in Belarus , situated on the Dvina River . It is the ___MASK43___ of the Polatsk Raion in ___MASK31___ Voblast . Its population is more than 80 , 000 people . It is served by ___MASK59___ Airport and during the Cold War was home to Borovitsy air base . A ___MASK1___ is a type ___MASK75___ administrative division that , in some countries , is managed by local government . Across the world , areas known as " districts " vary greatly in size , spanning entire regions or counties , several municipalities , subdivisions ___MASK75___ municipalities , school ___MASK1___ , or political ___MASK1___ . The Grand Duchy ___MASK75___ ___MASK61___ was a European state from the 13th century until 1795 . The state was founded by the Lithuanians , one ___MASK75___ the polytheistic Baltic tribes from Aukštaitija . The Polish  Lithuanian Commonwealth , formally the Kingdom ___MASK75___ Poland and the Grand Duchy ___MASK75___ ___MASK61___ , after 1791 the Commonwealth ___MASK75___ Poland , was a dualistic state , a bi - confederation , ___MASK75___ Poland and ___MASK61___ ruled by a common monarch , who was both the ___MASK29___ ___MASK75___ Poland and the Grand Duke ___MASK75___ ___MASK61___ . It was one ___MASK75___ the largest and most populous countries ___MASK75___ 16th - and 17th - century Europe . At its peak in the early 17th century , the Commonwealth spanned some and sustained a multi - ethnic population ___MASK75___ 11 million . The union was formalized by the Union ___MASK75___ Lublin in July 1569 , but the Crown ___MASK75___ the Kingdom ___MASK75___ Poland and the Grand Duchy ___MASK75___ ___MASK61___ were in a de - facto personal union since 1386 with the marriage ___MASK75___ the Polish queen Hedwig and ___MASK61___ ' s Grand Duke Jogaila , who was crowned ___MASK29___ " jure uxoris " Wadysaw II Jagieo ___MASK75___ Poland . The First Partition ___MASK75___ Poland in 1772 and the Second Partition ___MASK75___ Poland in 1793 greatly reduced the nation ' s size and the Commonwealth disappeared as an independent state following the Third Partition ___MASK75___ Poland in 1795 . ___MASK49___ ( tr . ) is a sovereign state in Eastern ___MASK99___ , bordered by Russia to the ___MASK40___ and northeast , Belarus to the ___MASK2___ , Poland and Slovakia to the west , ___MASK35___ , Romania , and Moldova to the ___MASK98___ , and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast , respectively . ___MASK49___ is currently in territorial dispute with Russia over the Crimean Peninsula which Russia annexed in 2014 but which ___MASK49___ and most of the international community recognise as Ukrainian . Including Crimea , ___MASK49___ has an area of , making it the largest country entirely within ___MASK99___ and the 46th largest country in the world . It has a population of about 44 . 5 million , making it the 32nd most populous country in the world . ___MASK16___ , officially the Republic ___MASK75___ ___MASK16___ , is a country in Central ___MASK99___ , situated between the Baltic Sea in the north and two mountain ranges ( the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains ) in the south . Bordered by ___MASK26___ to the west ; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south ; Ukraine and Belarus to the east ; and the Baltic Sea , ___MASK96___ Oblast ( a Russian exclave ) and Lithuania to the north . The total area ___MASK75___ ___MASK16___ is , making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in ___MASK99___ . With a population ___MASK75___ over 38 . 5 million people , ___MASK16___ is the 34th most populous country in the world , the 8th most populous country in ___MASK99___ and the sixth most populous member ___MASK75___ the ___MASK80___ . ___MASK16___ is a unitary state divided into 16 administrative subdivisions , and its capital and largest city is Warsaw . Other metropolises include Kraków , Wrocaw , Pozna , Gdask and Szczecin . ___MASK78___ (; is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Belarus , situated on the Svislach and Nyamiha rivers . It is the administrative centre of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ). As the national capital , ___MASK78___ has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of ___MASK69___ ( voblast ) and ___MASK78___ raion ( district ). In 2013 , it had a population of 2 , 002 , 600 . ___MASK61___ ( UK and US : ), officially the Republic of ___MASK61___ , is a country in ___MASK3___ ___MASK99___ . One of the three Baltic states , it is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea , to the ___MASK40___ of Sweden and ___MASK52___ . It is bordered by Latvia to the north , Belarus to the ___MASK40___ and south , Poland to the south , and ___MASK96___ Oblast ( a Russian exclave ) to the ___MASK98___ . ___MASK61___ has an estimated population of 2 . 9 million people , and its capital and largest city is Vilnius . Lithuanians are a Baltic people . The official language , Lithuanian , along with Latvian , is one of only two living languages in the Baltic branch of the Indo - European language family . Pukhavichy Raion ( Puchaviy ___MASK1___ ) is a second - level administrative subdivision ( raion ) ___MASK75___ Belarus in the ___MASK40___ ___MASK75___ Minsk Voblast . Its capital is the town ___MASK75___ Maryina Horka . ___MASK32___ ( lat . ',      ), officially the Republic ___MASK75___ ___MASK32___ , formerly known by its Russian name Byelorussia ( though this name is no longer used in ___MASK32___ itself , even in Russian language ), is a landlocked country in Eastern ___MASK99___ bordered by Russia to the northeast , Ukraine to the south , Poland to the ___MASK88___ , and Lithuania and Latvia to the ___MASK2___ . Its capital and most populous city is Minsk . Over 40 % ___MASK75___ its is forested . Its strongest economic sectors are service industries and manufacturing . Until the 20th century , different states at various times controlled the lands ___MASK75___ modern - day ___MASK32___ , including the Principality ___MASK75___ Polotsk ( 11th to 14th centuries ), the Grand Duchy ___MASK75___ Lithuania , the Polish  Lithuanian Commonwealth , and the ___MASK38___ . ___MASK27___ ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian Federation , is a country in Eurasia . At , ___MASK27___ is the largest country in the world by surface area , covering more than one - eighth ___MASK75___ the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth ___MASK82___ populous , with over 140 million people at the end ___MASK75___ March 2016 . The European western part ___MASK75___ the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % ___MASK75___ the population live in European ___MASK27___ . ___MASK27___ ' s capital Moscow is one ___MASK75___ the largest cities in the world , other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , ___MASK84___ and ___MASK12___ . An oblast is a type ___MASK75___ administrative division ___MASK75___ Belarus , Bulgaria , ___MASK83___ , Kyrgyzstan , Russia , Ukraine , and the now - defunct Soviet Union and Kingdom ___MASK75___ Serbs , Croats and Slovenes . The term is analogous to " state " or " province ". ___MASK9___ , officially the Republic ___MASK75___ ___MASK9___ , is a country in the Baltic region ___MASK75___ ___MASK3___ ___MASK99___ , one ___MASK75___ the three Baltic states . It is bordered by ___MASK17___ to the north , Lithuania to the south , Russia to the east , and Belarus to the southeast , as well as a maritime border to the west alongside Sweden . ___MASK9___ has 1 , 957 , 200 inhabitants and a territory ___MASK75___ . The country has a temperate seasonal climate . Maryina Horka (, Maryina Gorka ) is a town in ___MASK78___ Voblast , Belarus , the capital of the Pukhavichy Raion . As of 2009 its population was 22 , 500 . A landlocked state or landlocked country is a sovereign state entirely enclosed by land , or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas . There are currently 48 such countries , including four partially recognised states . Only two , ___MASK60___ and Paraguay in South America , lie outside Afro - Eurasia ( the Old World ). Eastern ___MASK99___ , also known as ___MASK40___ ___MASK99___ , is the eastern part of the European continent . There is no consensus on the precise area it covers , partly because the term has a wide range of geopolitical , geographical , cultural , and socioeconomic connotations . There are " almost as many definitions of Eastern ___MASK99___ as there are scholars of the region ". A related United Nations paper adds that " every assessment of spatial identities is essentially a social and cultural construct ". ___MASK27___ , also officially known as the ___MASK38___ , was a state that existed from 1721 until it was overthrown by the short - lived liberal February Revolution in 1917 . One of the largest empires in world history , stretching over three continents , the ___MASK38___ was surpassed in landmass only by the British and Mongol empires . The rise of the ___MASK38___ happened in association with the decline of neighboring rival powers : the Swedish Empire , the Polish  Lithuanian Commonwealth , Persia and the Ottoman Empire . It played a major role in 1812  14 in defeating Napoleon ' s ambitions to control Europe , and expanded to the west and ___MASK42___ . A raion ( also rayon ) is a type ___MASK75___ administrative unit ___MASK75___ several post - Soviet states ( such as part ___MASK75___ an oblast ). The term is from the French "" rayon "" ( meaning " honeycomb , department "), which is both a type ___MASK75___ a subnational entity and a division ___MASK75___ a city , and is commonly translated in English as " district ". The ___MASK89___ - Soviet states , also collectively known as the former Soviet Union ( FSU ) or former Soviet Republics , are the 15 independent states that emerged from the Union ___MASK75___ Soviet Socialist Republics in its dissolution in December 1991 , with Russia internationally recognised as the successor state to the Soviet Union . On March 11 , 1990 , ___MASK61___ was the first to declare its independence , with ___MASK17___ and Latvia following suit in August 1991 . All three Baltic states claimed continuity from the original states that existed prior to their annexation by the Soviet Union in 1944 and were admitted to the United Nations on 17 September 1991 . The remaining 12 republics all subsequently seceded . 12 ___MASK75___ the 15 states , excluding the Baltic states , initially formed the CIS and most joined CSTO , while the Baltic states focused on ___MASK80___ and NATO membership .