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Kraków , also Cracow or Krakow , is the ___MASK25___ largest and ___MASK52___ of the oldest cities in Poland . Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region , the city dates back to the 7th century . Kraków has traditionally been ___MASK52___ of the leading centres of Polish academic , cultural , and artistic life and is ___MASK52___ of Poland ' s most important economic hubs . It was the capital of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1038 to 1569 ; the Polish  Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569 to 1795 ; the Free City of Kraków from 1815 to 1846 ; the Grand Duchy of Cracow from 1846 to 1918 ; and Kraków Voivodeship from the 14th century to 1998 . It has been the capital of Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999 . The Sudetes are ___MASK47___ mountain range in Central ___MASK15___ , also known in English ( from their names in German and Czech / Polish ) as the Sudeten or Sudety mountains . The Baltic Sea ( ; ) is ___MASK47___ sea of the ___MASK79___ , enclosed by Scandinavia , Finland , the Baltic countries , and the North European Plain . It includes the Gulf of Bothnia , the Bay of Bothnia , the Gulf of Finland , the Gulf of Riga , and the Bay of Gdask . The sea stretches from 53 ° N to 66 ° N latitude and from 10 ° ___MASK74___ to 30 ° ___MASK74___ longitude . A mediterranean sea of the Atlantic , with limited ___MASK77___ exchange between the two bodies , the Baltic Sea drains through the Danish islands into the Kattegat by way of the straits of Øresund , the Great Belt , and the Little Belt . The Crimean Peninsula (" Krymskiy poluostrov ;" , " Kryms ' ky pivostriv "), also known simply as Crimea ( " Krym " " Krym "), is ___MASK47___ major land mass on the northern coast of the ___MASK75___ Sea that is almost completely surrounded by both the ___MASK75___ Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov to the northeast . The peninsula is located south of the Ukrainian region of Kherson and west of the ___MASK8___ region of Kuban . It is connected to Kherson Oblast by the Isthmus of Perekop and is separated from Kuban by the Strait of Kerch . The Arabat Spit is located to the northeast , ___MASK47___ narrow strip of land that separates ___MASK47___ system of lagoons named Sivash from the Sea of Azov . Pierogi ( pronounced ), also known as varenyky , are filled dumplings of Eastern European origin . They are made by wrapping pockets of unleavened ___MASK1___ around a savory or sweet filling and cooking them in boiling water . These dumplings are popular in Slavic ( Polish , Slovak , Ukrainian , Russian ), Baltic ( Latvian , Lithuanian ) and other Eastern European cuisines ( such as Romanian ), where they are known under local names . Pierogi are especially associated with Poland , Ukraine , and Slovakia , where they are considered national dishes . The Sea of Azov (" Azovs ' ke more / Azovke more ") is ___MASK47___ sea in Eastern ___MASK15___ . To the south it is linked by the narrow ( about ) Strait of Kerch to the Black Sea , and it is sometimes regarded as ___MASK47___ northern extension of the Black Sea . The sea is bounded in the north by mainland Ukraine , in the east by Russia , and in the west by the Crimean Peninsula . The ___MASK2___ and Kuban are the major rivers that flow into it . The Sea of Azov is the shallowest sea in the world , with the depth varying between . There is ___MASK47___ constant outflow of ___MASK77___ from the Sea of Azov to the Black Sea . The ___MASK44___ , also known by the short name Czechia , is a nation ___MASK57___ in Central ___MASK15___ bordered by ___MASK48___ to the west , Austria to the south , Slovakia to the east and Poland to the northeast . The ___MASK44___ covers an area of with mostly temperate continental climate and oceanic climate . It is a unitary ___MASK59___ , has 10 . 5 million inhabitants and the ___MASK90___ and largest city is Prague , with over ___MASK36___ . 2 million residents . The ___MASK44___ includes the historical territories of Bohemia , Moravia , and Czech Silesia . Easter , also called Pascha "( Greek / Latin )" or Resurrection Sunday , is ___MASK47___ festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead , described in the New Testament as having occurred on the ___MASK55___ ___MASK9___ of his burial after his crucifixion by Romans at Calvary 30 AD . It is the culmination of the Passion of Jesus , preceded by Lent ( or Great Lent ), ___MASK47___ forty - ___MASK9___ period of fasting , prayer , and penance . Eastern European cuisine is ___MASK47___ generic term for the rich tapestry of ethnic cuisines that encompasses many different cultures , ethnicities , languages , and histories of East - Central and Eastern European nations excluding most Balkan countries . ___MASK84___ ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the ___MASK8___ Federation , is a country in Eurasia . At , ___MASK84___ is the largest country in the world by surface area , covering more than one - eighth of the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth most populous , with over 140 million people at the end of March 2016 . The European western part of the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % of the population live in European ___MASK84___ . ___MASK84___ ' s capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world , other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and Samara . The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are ___MASK47___ mountain range ___MASK46___ forming an arc roughly long across Central and Eastern Europe , making them the second - longest mountain range in Europe ( after the Scandinavian Mountains ). ___MASK47___ national dish is ___MASK47___ culinary dish that is strongly associated with ___MASK47___ particular country . ___MASK47___ dish can be considered ___MASK47___ national dish for ___MASK47___ variety of reasons : The ___MASK75___ Sea is a body of ___MASK77___ between Eastern Europe and Western ___MASK61___ , bounded by Bulgaria , Georgia , Romania , Russia , Turkey , and Ukraine . It is supplied by a number of major rivers , such as the Danube , Dnieper , Rioni , Southern Bug , and Dniester . The ___MASK75___ Sea has an area of ( not including the Sea of Azov ), a maximum depth of , and a volume of . It is constrained by the Pontic Mountains to the south and by the Caucasus Mountains to the east , and features a wide shelf to the northwest . The longest east - west extent is about . Central ___MASK15___ lies between Eastern ___MASK15___ and Western ___MASK15___ . The concept of Central ___MASK15___ is based on a common historical , social and cultural identity . Central ___MASK15___ is going through a phase of " strategic awakening ", with initiatives such as the CEI , Centrope or V4 . While the region ' s economy shows high disparities with regard to income , all Central European countries are listed by the Human Development Index as very highly developed . Christmas ___MASK76___ is the ___MASK9___ before Christmas ___MASK9___ , the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth . Christmas ___MASK9___ is observed around the world , and Christmas ___MASK76___ is widely observed as a full or partial holiday in anticipation of Christmas ___MASK9___ . Together , both days are considered one of the most culturally significant celebrations in Christendom and Western society . ___MASK32___ , officially the Slovak Republic , is a landlocked country in Central ___MASK15___ . It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west , Poland to the north , Ukraine to the east and ___MASK5___ to the south . ___MASK32___ ' s territory spans about and is mostly mountainous . The population is over 5 million and comprises mostly ethnic Slovaks . The ___MASK90___ and largest city is Bratislava . The official language is Slovak , a member of the Slavic language family . Szczecin ( German and , known also by other alternative names ) is the ___MASK90___ city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland . Located near the Baltic Sea , it is a major seaport and Poland ' s seventh - largest city . As of June 2011 , the population was 407 , 811 . Ukraine ( tr . ) is ___MASK47___ sovereign ___MASK57___ in Eastern ___MASK15___ , bordered by Russia to the east and northeast , Belarus to the northwest , Poland and Slovakia to the west , ___MASK5___ , Romania , and Moldova to the southwest , and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast , respectively . Ukraine is currently in territorial dispute with Russia over the Crimean Peninsula which Russia annexed in 2014 but which Ukraine and most of the international community recognise as Ukrainian . Including Crimea , Ukraine has an area of , making it the largest country entirely within ___MASK15___ and the 46th largest country in the world . It has ___MASK47___ population of about 44 . 5 million , making it the 32nd most populous country in the world . ___MASK1___ is a thick , malleable , sometimes elastic , paste made out of any grains , leguminous or chestnut crops . ___MASK1___ is typically made by mixing flour with a small amount of water and / or other liquid , and sometimes includes yeast or other leavening agents as well as other ingredients such as various fats or flavorings . The ___MASK31___ ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . ___MASK63___ ( lat . ',      ), officially the Republic of ___MASK63___ , formerly known by its ___MASK8___ name Byelorussia ( though this name is no longer used in ___MASK63___ itself , even in ___MASK8___ language ), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast , Ukraine to the south , Poland to the west , and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest . Its capital and most populous city is Minsk . Over 40 % of its is forested . Its strongest economic sectors are service industries and manufacturing . Until the 20th century , different states at various times controlled the lands of modern - day ___MASK63___ , including the Principality of Polotsk ( 11th to 14th centuries ), the ___MASK21___ , the Polish  Lithuanian Commonwealth , and the ___MASK8___ Empire . Moldova ( or sometimes ), or Moldavia , officially the Republic of Moldova , is ___MASK47___ landlocked country in Eastern ___MASK15___ , bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north , east , and south . The ___MASK90___ city is Chiinu . ___MASK53___ ( UK and US : ), officially the Republic of ___MASK53___ , is a country in Northern ___MASK15___ . ___MASK52___ of the three Baltic states , it is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea , to the east of Sweden and Denmark . It is bordered by Latvia to the north , Belarus to the east and south , Poland to the south , and Kaliningrad Oblast ( a ___MASK8___ exclave ) to the southwest . ___MASK53___ 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 . Gdask ( German : ) is ___MASK47___ Polish city on the Baltic coast . It is the ___MASK90___ of the Pomeranian Voivodeship , Poland ' s principal seaport and is also the centre of the country ' s fourth - largest metropolitan area . ___MASK11___ is the common name of ___MASK35___ schoenoprasum , an edible species of the " ___MASK35___ " genus . ___MASK47___ sovereign ___MASK57___ is , in international law , a nonphysical juridical entity that is represented by ___MASK52___ centralised government that has sovereignty over a geographic area . International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population , defined territory , ___MASK52___ government , and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states . It is also normally understood that a sovereign ___MASK57___ is neither dependent on nor subjected to any other power or ___MASK57___ . Uszka , ( meaning `` little ears '' in Polish ) , are small dumplings ( ___MASK47___ very small and twisted version of pierogi ) usually filled with flavoursome wild forest mushrooms and / or minced meat . They are usually served with barszcz , though they can be eaten simply with melted butter and herbs ( usually ___MASK11___ ) sprinkled over . When vegetarian ( filled only with mushrooms or onion ) they are ___MASK47___ ___MASK91___ of traditional Christmas ___MASK76___ dishes in Poland and Ukraine , and are either added in the soup , or eaten as ___MASK47___ side dish . In various languages they are called : Belarusian :  ( vúški ) ___MASK8___ :  ( úški ) Ukrainian :  ( vúška ) Pozna ( known also by other historical names ) is ___MASK47___ city on the Warta river in west - central ___MASK7___ , in the Greater ___MASK7___ region . It is best known for its ___MASK26___ Old Town , destroyed during World War II and then rebuilt , and Ostrów Tumski Cathedral . Today , Pozna is an important cultural and business centre and ___MASK52___ of ___MASK7___ ' s most populous regions with many regional customs such as Jarmark witojaski , traditional Saint Martin ' s croissants and ___MASK47___ local dialect . ___MASK15___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost ___MASK91___ of Eurasia . ___MASK15___ is bordered by the ___MASK12___ to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , ___MASK15___ is generally considered as separated from ___MASK61___ by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of ___MASK15___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK15___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . Warsaw (; see also other names ) is the ___MASK90___ and largest city of Poland . It stands on the Vistula River in east - central Poland , roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains . Its population is estimated at ___MASK36___ . 750 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3 . 105 million residents , which makes Warsaw the 9th most - populous ___MASK90___ city in the ___MASK31___ . The city limits cover , while the metropolitan area covers . Kaliningrad Oblast (" Kaliningradskaya oblast ") is ___MASK47___ federal subject of the ___MASK8___ Federation that is located on the coast of the Baltic Sea . As an oblast , its constitutional status is equal to each of the other 84 federal subjects . Its administrative center is the city of Kaliningrad , formerly known as Königsberg . It is the only Baltic port in the ___MASK8___ Federation that remains ice - free in winter . According to the 2010 census , it had ___MASK47___ population of 941 , 873 . ___MASK47___ territorial dispute is ___MASK47___ disagreement over the possession / control of land between two or more territorial entities or over the possession or control of land , usually between ___MASK47___ new ___MASK57___ and the occupying power . ___MASK47___ unitary ___MASK57___ is a ___MASK57___ governed as a single power in which the central government is ultimately supreme and any administrative divisions ( sub - national units ) exercise only the powers that the central government chooses to delegate . The majority of states in the world have a unitary ___MASK46___ of government . Of the 193 UN member states , 165 of them are governed as unitary states . Jesus (; ___MASK70___ . 4 BC  ___MASK70___ . AD 30 / 33 ), also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus Christ , was a Jewish preacher and religious leader who became the central figure of Christianity . Christians believe him to be the Son of God and the awaited Messiah ( Christ ) prophesied in the Old Testament . Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically , although the quest for the historical Jesus has produced little agreement on the historical reliability of the Gospels and on how closely the biblical Jesus reflects the historical Jesus . Jesus was a Galilean Jew who was baptized by John the Baptist and subsequently began his own ministry , preaching his message orally and often being referred to as " rabbi ". He was arrested and tried by the Jewish authorities , and was crucified by the order of Pontius Pilate , the Roman prefect . Jesus debated fellow Jews on how to best follow God , performed healings , taught in parables and gathered followers . After his death , his followers believed he rose from the dead , and the community they formed eventually became the Christian Church . ___MASK7___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK7___ , is a country in Central ___MASK15___ , situated between the Baltic Sea in the north and two mountain ranges ( the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains ) in the south . Bordered by ___MASK48___ to the west ; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south ; Ukraine and Belarus to the east ; and the Baltic Sea , Kaliningrad Oblast ( a ___MASK8___ exclave ) and Lithuania to the north . The total area of ___MASK7___ is , making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in ___MASK15___ . With a population of over 38 . 5 million people , ___MASK7___ is the 34th most populous country in the world , the 8th most populous country in ___MASK15___ and the sixth most populous member of the ___MASK31___ . ___MASK7___ 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 . Eastern ___MASK15___ , also known as East ___MASK15___ , is the eastern ___MASK91___ 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 ___MASK15___ as there are scholars of the region ". A related ___MASK83___ paper adds that " every assessment of spatial identities is essentially a social and cultural construct ". ___MASK5___ is a unitary parliamentary republic in Central Europe . It covers an area of , situated in the Carpathian Basin and bordered by Slovakia to the north , Romania to the east , Serbia to the south , Croatia to the southwest , Slovenia to the west , Austria to the northwest , and Ukraine to the northeast . With about 10 million inhabitants , ___MASK5___ is a medium - sized member state of the ___MASK31___ . The official language is Hungarian , which is the most widely spoken Uralic language in the world . ___MASK5___ ' s capital and largest metropolis is Budapest , a significant economic hub , classified as an Alpha - global city . Major urban areas include Debrecen , Szeged , Miskolc , Pécs and Gyr . Wrocaw (, ; ) is the largest city in western ___MASK7___ . It is on the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central ___MASK15___ , roughly 350 kilometres ( 220 mi ) from the Baltic Sea to the north and 40 kilometres ( 25 mi ) from the Sudeten Mountains to the south . Wrocaw is the historical ___MASK90___ of Silesia and Lower Silesia . Today , it is the ___MASK90___ of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship . At various times in ___MASK97___ , it has been part of the Kingdom of ___MASK7___ , Bohemia , Hungary , the Austrian Empire , Prussia and Germany . It became part of ___MASK7___ in 1945 , as a result of the border changes after the Second World War . The population of Wrocaw in 2016 was 637 , 075 making it the fourth - largest city in ___MASK7___ and the main city of Wrocaw agglomeration . Romania is ___MASK47___ sovereign ___MASK57___ located in Southeastern ___MASK15___ . It borders the Black Sea , Bulgaria , Ukraine , ___MASK5___ , Serbia , and Moldova . It has an area of and ___MASK47___ temperate - continental climate . With 19 . 94 million inhabitants , the country is the seventh - most - populous member ___MASK57___ of the ___MASK31___ . The capital and largest city , Bucharest , with its 1 , 883 , 425 inhabitants is the sixth - largest city in the EU .