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Europe is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , Europe is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the ___MASK28___ Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of Europe  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to Europe also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . Belarus ( lat . ',      ), officially the Republic of Belarus , formerly known by its ___MASK26___ name Byelorussia ( though this name is no longer used in Belarus itself , even in ___MASK26___ 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 Belarus , including the Principality of Polotsk ( 11th to 14th centuries ), the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , the ___MASK9___  Lithuanian Commonwealth , and the ___MASK26___ Empire . Ralf Mackenbach ( born 4 October 1995 ) is a ___MASK58___ singer , dancer and musical artist who won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Kiev , Ukraine on 21 November 2009 . He earned 121 points with the song " Click Clack ", which was written by Ralf ' s neighbor . Ukraine ( tr . ) is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe , bordered by Russia to the east and northeast , Belarus to the northwest , Poland and Slovakia to the west , Hungary , 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 ___MASK8___ . Including Crimea , Ukraine has an area of , making it the largest country entirely within Europe 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 . Laura Omloop ( born 18 May 1999 ) or simply known as Laura is a Belgian pop singer who represented her country in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Kiev , Ukraine , finishing in fourth place . Omloop sang the song `` Zo verliefd '' which contains yodeling . Russia ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the ___MASK26___ 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 major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and Samara . Luara Gurgenovna Hayrapetyan (; born 29 September 1997 in Astrakhan , Russia ) is an ___MASK1___ - ___MASK26___ singer . She represented Armenia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Kiev , Ukraine with her self - composed pop song " Barcelona ", finishing in joint second place . Easter , also called Pascha "( ___MASK64___ / Latin )" or Resurrection Sunday , is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead , described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day 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 ), a forty - day period of fasting , prayer , and penance . Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and largest city of Ukraine , located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River . The population in July 2015 was ( though higher estimated numbers have been cited in the press ), making Kiev the 7th most populous city in Europe . Ekaterina Dmitrievna " Katya " Ryabova ( born 4 August 1997 ) is a ___MASK26___ singer . She is from Shchyolkovo , but now resides in Yubileyny . The Netherlands is the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . It is a densely populated country located in Western Europe with three island territories in the Caribbean . The European part of the Netherlands borders Germany to the east , Belgium to the south , and the North Sea to the northwest , sharing maritime borders with Belgium , the United Kingdom , and Germany . The largest cities in the Netherlands are Amsterdam , Rotterdam , The Hague and Utrecht . Amsterdam is the country ' s capital , while The Hague holds the ___MASK58___ seat of government and parliament . The name " Holland " is used to refer informally to the whole of the country of the Netherlands . Hungary 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 , Hungary is a medium - sized member state of the European Union . The official language is ___MASK39___ , which is the most widely spoken Uralic language in the world . Hungary ' 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 . The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the seventh edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Kiev , Ukraine . It was scheduled for 21 November . 13 countries were confirmed by the European Broadcasting Union ( EBU ) to compete in the Contest . The contest was won by Ralf Mackenbach for the Netherlands with the song " Click Clack ". At the age of 14 , he is the oldest person to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in its seven year history . He was joined by Italy ' s Vincenzo Cantiello who won the 2014 contest also at the age of 14 . Luara Hayrapetyan achieved Armenia another second place . Ekaterina Ryabova also took second place for Russia . Slovakia , officially the ___MASK14___ Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe . It is bordered by the ___MASK47___ Republic and Austria to the west , Poland to the north , Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south . Slovakia ' s territory spans about and is mostly mountainous . The population is over 5 million and comprises mostly ethnic Slovaks . The capital and largest city is Bratislava . The official language is ___MASK14___ , a member of the Slavic language family . The Crimean Peninsula (" Krymskiy poluostrov ;" , " Kryms ' ky pivostriv "), also known simply as Crimea ( " Krym " " Krym "), is a major land mass on the northern coast of the Black Sea that is almost completely surrounded by both the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov to the northeast . The peninsula is located south of the ___MASK8___ region of Kherson and west of the Russian 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 , a narrow strip of land that separates a system of lagoons named Sivash from the Sea of Azov . Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe , situated between the Baltic Sea in the north and two mountain ranges ( the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains ) in the south . Bordered by Germany to the west ; the ___MASK47___ Republic and Slovakia to the south ; Ukraine 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 .