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Lithuania ( UK and US : ), officially the Republic of Lithuania , is a country in Northern Europe . One 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 Russian exclave ) to the southwest . Lithuania has an estimated population of 2 . 9 million people , and its capital and largest city is Vilnius . Lithuanians are a Baltic people . The ___MASK41___ language , Lithuanian , along with Latvian , is one of only two living languages in the Baltic branch of the Indo - European language family . Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe , situated between the Baltic Sea in the north and two ___MASK34___ ranges ( the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains ) in the south . Bordered by Germany to the west ; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south ; ___MASK60___ and Belarus to the east ; and the Baltic Sea , Kaliningrad Oblast ( a Russian exclave ) and Lithuania to the north . The total area of Poland is , making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe . With a population of over 38 . 5 million people , Poland is the 34th most populous country in the world , the 8th most populous country in Europe and the sixth most populous member of the European Union . Poland 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 . Expo 2000 was a World ' s Fair held in Hanover , Germany from Thursday , June 1 to Tuesday , October 31 , 2000 . It was located on the Hanover fairground ( Messegelände Hannover ), which is the largest exhibition ground in the world . Initially some 40 million people were expected to attend the exhibition over the course of months , however eventually with less than half of this number the fair was a flop and turned out a financial failure . Northern Europe is the northern part or region of Europe . Although no definitive borders or definition exists for the term , geographically , Northern Europe may be considered to consist approximately of all of Europe above the 52nd parallel north ; which includes ( from west to east ) most or all of : Iceland , the Republic of Ireland , the Isle of Man , the ___MASK82___ , the Faroe Islands , the Netherlands , northern Germany , Denmark , Norway , Sweden , northern Poland , Finland , Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania and northwest Russia . However , narrower definitions may also be used based on other geographical factors , such as climate and ecology . Greenland , geographically a part of North America , is politically a part of the Kingdom of Denmark , and may be included depending on the definition . Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Europe . The southernmost and smallest of the Nordic countries , it is south - west of Sweden and south of Norway , and bordered to the south by Germany . The Kingdom of Denmark is the ___MASK83___ state that comprises Denmark proper and two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean : the Faroe Islands and Greenland . Denmark has a total area of , and a population of 5 . 7 million . The country consists of a peninsula , Jutland , and an archipelago of 443 named islands , with the largest being Zealand and Funen . The islands are characterised by flat , arable land and sandy coasts , low elevation and a temperate climate . Audrius Stonys ( born on April 28 , 1966 in Vilnius ) is a renowned Lithuanian documentary filmmaker . He is recipient of the European Film Award for the ___MASK45___ Neregi žem ( Earth of the Blind ) in 1992 and the Lithuanian National Prize in 2002 . Since 1989 he has created 13 documentaries and one short film . His film Skrydis per Lietuv arba 510 sekundži tylos ( The Flight over Lithuania or 510 Seconds of Silence ) co - created with Arnas Matelis was well received at the Expo 2000 . Stonys is a ___MASK55___ of the European Documentary Network and European Film Academy . His 2011 film Ramin was selected as the Lithuanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards , but it did not make the final shortlist . Arnas Matelis ( 9 April 1961 , Kaunas ) is an acclaimed Lithuanian documentary ___MASK44___ . From 1979 till 1983 Arnas Matelis studied Mathematics at Vilnius University and later in 1989 graduated from the Lithuanian Music Academy . In 1992 , he established one of the first independent film production companies in Lithuania , " Nominum ". In 2006 Matelis became a full member of European Film Academy with the right to vote . Belarus ( lat . ',      ), officially the Republic of Belarus , formerly known by its Russian name Byelorussia ( though this name is no longer used in Belarus itself , even in Russian language ), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast , ___MASK60___ 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 Belarus , including the Principality of Polotsk ( 11th to 14th centuries ), the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , the Polish  Lithuanian Commonwealth , and the Russian Empire . Lithuanians ( singular " lietuvis / lietuv ") are a Baltic ethnic group , native to Lithuania , where they number around 2 , 561 , 300 people . Another million or more make up the Lithuanian diaspora , largely found in countries such as the United States , Argentina , Brazil , ___MASK31___ , Colombia , Russia , United Kingdom and Ireland . Their native language is Lithuanian , one of only two surviving members of the Baltic language family . According to the census conducted in 2001 , 83 . 45 % of the population of Lithuania identified themselves as Lithuanians , 6 . 74 % as Poles , 6 . 31 % as Russians , 1 . 23 % as Belarusians , and 2 . 27 % as members of other ethnic groups . Most Lithuanians belong to the Roman Catholic Church , while the Lietuvininkai who lived in the northern part of East Prussia prior to World War II , were mostly Evangelical Lutherans . Napoleon Bonaparte (" Napoléon Bonaparte "; , born "" Napoleone di Buonaparte ""; 15 August 1769  5 May 1821 ) was a French ___MASK15___ and political ___MASK1___ who rose to prominence during the ___MASK19___ and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars . As Napoleon I , he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814 , and again in 1815 . Napoleon dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars . He won most of these wars and the vast majority of his battles , building a large empire that ruled over continental Europe before its final collapse in 1815 . One of the greatest commanders in history , his wars and campaigns are studied at ___MASK15___ schools worldwide . Napoleon ' s political and cultural legacy has ensured his status as one of the most celebrated and controversial leaders in human history . An ___MASK41___ language is a language that is given a special legal status in a particular country , state , or other jurisdiction . Typically a country ' s ___MASK41___ language refers to the language used within government ( e . g ., courts , parliament , administration ). Since " the means of expression of a people cannot be changed by any law ", the term " ___MASK41___ language " does not typically refer to the language used by a people or country , but by its government . A ___MASK44___ is a person who directs the making of a film . Generally , a ___MASK44___ controls a film ' s artistic and dramatic aspects , and visualizes the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision . The director has a key role in choosing the cast members , production design , and the creative aspects of filmmaking . Under European Union law , the director is viewed as the author of the film . Kaunas ( also see other names ) is the second - largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic , ___MASK66___ , and cultural life . Kaunas was the biggest city and the centre of a county in Trakai Municipality of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413 . In the Russian Empire it was the capital of the Kaunas Governorate from 1843 to 1915 . It became the only temporary capital city in Europe during the interwar period . Now it is the capital of Kaunas County , the seat of the Kaunas city municipality and the Kaunas District Municipality . It is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaunas . Kaunas is located at the confluence of the two largest Lithuanian rivers , the Nemunas and the Neris , and near the Kaunas Reservoir , the largest body of water entirely in Lithuania . The United Nations Educational , Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations ( UN ) based in Paris . Its declared purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through educational , scientific , and cultural reforms in order to increase universal respect for ___MASK65___ , the rule of law , and human rights along with fundamental freedom proclaimed in the United Nations Charter . It is the heir of the League of Nations ' International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation . Hanover or Hannover , on the River Leine , is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony (" Niedersachsen "), and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of the ___MASK82___ of Great Britain and Ireland , under their title as the dukes of Brunswick - Lüneburg ( later described as the Elector of Hanover ). At the end of the Napoleonic Wars , the Electorate was enlarged to become a Kingdom with Hanover as its capital . Russia ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian Federation , is a country in Eurasia . At , Russia 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 Russia . Russia ' s capital Moscow is one of the largest cities in the world , other ___MASK23___ urban centers include ___MASK38___ Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and Samara . Vilnius ( see also other names ) is the capital of Lithuania and its largest city , with a population of 542 , 664 . Vilnius is located in the southeast part of Lithuania and is the second largest city in the Baltic states . Vilnius is the seat of the main government institutions of Lithuania as well as of the Vilnius District Municipality . Vilnius is classified as a Gamma global city according to GaWC studies , and is known for the ___MASK13___ in its Old Town , declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 . Its Jewish influence until the 20th century has led to it being described as the " Jerusalem of Lithuania " and Napoleon named it " the Jerusalem of the North " as he was passing through in 1812 . In 2009 , Vilnius was the European Capital of Culture , together with the Austrian city of Linz .