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Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe , situated between the Baltic ___MASK47___ in the north and two mountain ranges ( the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains ) in the south . Bordered by Germany to the west ; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south ; Ukraine and Belarus to the east ; and the Baltic ___MASK47___ , 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 . Europe is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . Europe is bordered by the ___MASK98___ to the north , the ___MASK14___ 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 Turkish 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 . 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 ___MASK47___ that is almost completely surrounded by both the Black ___MASK47___ and the smaller ___MASK71___ to the northeast . The peninsula is located south of the Ukrainian 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 ___MASK71___ . The Black ___MASK47___ is a body of water between Eastern Europe and Western Asia , bounded by Bulgaria , Georgia , Romania , Russia , Turkey , and Ukraine . It is supplied by a number of major rivers , such as the Danube , Dnieper , Rioni , ___MASK54___ , and ___MASK49___ . The Black ___MASK47___ has an area of ( not including the ___MASK47___ 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 . Kodyma ( Ukrainian :  ) is a right tributary of the Southern Buh river of Ukraine . Originating from springs in a boggy valley near the village of Budei ( uk :  ) , Kodymsky Raion , Odessa Oblast , it flows within the Odessa Oblast and Mykolaiv Oblast and joins Southern Buh about 199 km away from its mouth , near Pervomaisk , Mykolaiv Oblast . Settlements by the river include Balta town , Holma village ( uk :  ) , Bobrik Pershy ( `` Bobrik the First '' , uk :   ) , and Krive Ozero urban - type settlement ( uk :   , `` Crooked Lake '' ) . The ___MASK54___ , also called Southern Buh (" Pivdennyi Buh " " Yuzhny Bug "), and sometimes Boh River , is a river located in Ukraine . It is the second longest river in Ukraine . Mykolaiv , also known as Nikolaev or Nikolayev ( from Russian ), is a city in southern Ukraine , the administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast . Mykolaiv is arguably the ___MASK48___ ship building center of the Black ___MASK47___ . Aside from its three shipyards within the city , there are located a number of research centers specializing in shipbuilding such as the State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center , Zoria - Mashproekt and others . Population : Pervomaisk is a city in Mykolaiv Oblast , Ukraine and the administrative center of the Pervomaisk Raion . Administratively , the city is incorporated as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion . It is located on the ___MASK54___ river which bisects the city . Population : In 2001 , population was 70 , 170 . 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 ___MASK47___ and ___MASK71___ 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 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 . The ___MASK71___ (" Azovs ' ke more / Azovke more ") is a sea in Eastern Europe . To the south it is linked by the narrow ( about ) Strait of Kerch to the Black Sea , and it is sometimes regarded as a 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 Don and Kuban are the major rivers that flow into it . The ___MASK71___ is the shallowest sea in the world , with the depth varying between . There is a constant outflow of water from the ___MASK71___ to the Black Sea . Odessa Oblast is an oblast or province of southwestern Ukraine located along the northern coast of the Black ___MASK47___ . Its administrative center is the city of Odessa . Population : Mykolaiv Oblast ('; also referred to as Mykolayivshchyna - "") is an oblast ( province ) of Ukraine . The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Mykolaiv . Population : Romania is a sovereign state located in Southeastern Europe . It borders the Black ___MASK47___ , Bulgaria , Ukraine , Hungary , Serbia , and Moldova . It has an area of and a temperate - continental climate . With 19 . 94 million inhabitants , the country is the seventh - most - populous member state of the European Union . The capital and largest city , Bucharest , with its 1 , 883 , 425 inhabitants is the sixth - largest city in the EU .