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___MASK53___ , officially the Republic ___MASK33___ ___MASK53___ , is a country in the Baltic region ___MASK33___ ___MASK27___ ___MASK17___ , one ___MASK33___ the three Baltic states . It is bordered by ___MASK71___ 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 . ___MASK53___ has 1 , 957 , 200 inhabitants and a territory ___MASK33___ . The country has a temperate seasonal climate . ___MASK57___ or ___MASK94___ Voblas or ___MASK94___ Oblast (" Minskaja voblas " " Minskaja oblastj ") is one of the regions of Belarus . Its administrative center is ___MASK94___ , although it is a separate administrative territorial entity of Belarus . As of 2011 , the region ' s population is 1 , 411 , 500 . A raion ( also rayon ) is a type ___MASK33___ administrative unit ___MASK33___ several post - Soviet states ( such as part ___MASK33___ an oblast ). The term is from the French "" rayon "" ( meaning " honeycomb , department "), which is both a type ___MASK33___ a subnational entity and a division ___MASK33___ a city , and is commonly translated in English as " district ". The Polish  Lithuanian Commonwealth , formally the Kingdom ___MASK33___ Poland and the Grand Duchy ___MASK33___ ___MASK26___ , after 1791 the Commonwealth ___MASK33___ Poland , was a dualistic state , a bi - confederation , ___MASK33___ Poland and ___MASK26___ ruled by a common monarch , who was both the ___MASK15___ ___MASK33___ Poland and the Grand Duke ___MASK33___ ___MASK26___ . It was one ___MASK33___ the largest and most populous countries ___MASK33___ 16th - and 17th - century Europe . At its peak in the early 17th century , the Commonwealth spanned some and sustained a multi - ethnic population ___MASK33___ 11 million . The union was formalized by the Union ___MASK33___ Lublin in July 1569 , but the Crown ___MASK33___ the Kingdom ___MASK33___ Poland and the Grand Duchy ___MASK33___ ___MASK26___ were in a de - facto personal union since 1386 with the marriage ___MASK33___ the Polish queen Hedwig and ___MASK26___ ' s Grand Duke Jogaila , who was crowned ___MASK15___ " jure uxoris " Wadysaw II Jagieo ___MASK33___ Poland . The First Partition ___MASK33___ Poland in 1772 and the Second Partition ___MASK33___ Poland in 1793 greatly reduced the nation ' s size and the Commonwealth disappeared as an independent state following the Third Partition ___MASK33___ Poland in 1795 . ___MASK98___ ( tr . ) is a sovereign state in Eastern ___MASK17___ , bordered by Russia to the ___MASK6___ and northeast , Belarus to the ___MASK67___ , Poland and Slovakia to the west , ___MASK70___ , Romania , and Moldova to the ___MASK75___ , and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast , respectively . ___MASK98___ is currently in territorial dispute with Russia over the Crimean Peninsula which Russia annexed in 2014 but which ___MASK98___ and most of the international community recognise as Ukrainian . Including Crimea , ___MASK98___ has an area of , making it the largest country entirely within ___MASK17___ 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 Principality ___MASK33___ Polotsk , also known as the Kingdom ___MASK33___ Polotsk or the Duchy ___MASK33___ Polotsk , was a medieval principality ___MASK33___ the Early ___MASK6___ Slavs . The origin and date ___MASK33___ state establishment is uncertain . The Russian chronicles mention Polotsk being conquered by ___MASK42___ the Great , and thereafter it became associated with the Rurik dynasty and Kievan Rus '. ___MASK22___ ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian Federation , is a country in Eurasia . At , ___MASK22___ is the largest country in the world by surface area , covering more than one - eighth ___MASK33___ the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth ___MASK23___ populous , with over 140 million people at the end ___MASK33___ March 2016 . The European western part ___MASK33___ the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % ___MASK33___ the population live in European ___MASK22___ . ___MASK22___ ' s capital Moscow is one ___MASK33___ the largest cities in the world , other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , ___MASK48___ and ___MASK40___ . ___MASK34___ ( officially transliterated as Barysa , population 180 , 100 ) is a city in Belarus situated near the Berezina River in the ___MASK57___ . ___MASK94___ (; 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 , ___MASK94___ has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of ___MASK57___ ( voblast ) and ___MASK94___ raion ( district ). In 2013 , it had a population of 2 , 002 , 600 . The Grand Duchy ___MASK33___ ___MASK26___ was a European state from the 13th century until 1795 . The state was founded by the Lithuanians , one ___MASK33___ the polytheistic Baltic tribes from Aukštaitija . 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 , ___MASK55___ and Paraguay in South America , lie outside Afro - Eurasia ( the Old World ). ___MASK34___ Raion is a second - level administrative subdivision ( raion ) ___MASK33___ ___MASK94___ Voblast , Belarus . Its capital is the town ___MASK33___ ___MASK34___ . Eastern ___MASK17___ , also known as ___MASK6___ ___MASK17___ , 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 ___MASK17___ 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 ". The ___MASK49___ - 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 ___MASK33___ 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 , ___MASK26___ was the first to declare its independence , with ___MASK71___ 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 ___MASK33___ the 15 states , excluding the Baltic states , initially formed the CIS and most joined CSTO , while the Baltic states focused on ___MASK58___ and NATO membership . ___MASK26___ ( UK and US : ), officially the Republic of ___MASK26___ , is a country in ___MASK27___ ___MASK17___ . One of the three Baltic states , it is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea , to the ___MASK6___ of Sweden and ___MASK12___ . It is bordered by Latvia to the north , Belarus to the ___MASK6___ and south , Poland to the south , and ___MASK20___ Oblast ( a Russian exclave ) to the ___MASK75___ . ___MASK26___ 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 . ___MASK22___ , also officially known as the ___MASK84___ , 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 ___MASK84___ was surpassed in landmass only by the British and Mongol empires . The rise of the ___MASK84___ 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 ___MASK66___ . An oblast is a type ___MASK33___ administrative division ___MASK33___ Belarus , Bulgaria , ___MASK54___ , Kyrgyzstan , Russia , Ukraine , and the now - defunct Soviet Union and Kingdom ___MASK33___ Serbs , Croats and Slovenes . The term is analogous to " state " or " province ". A ___MASK47___ is a type ___MASK33___ 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 ___MASK33___ municipalities , school ___MASK47___ , or political ___MASK47___ . ___MASK81___ ( lat . ',      ), officially the Republic ___MASK33___ ___MASK81___ , formerly known by its Russian name Byelorussia ( though this name is no longer used in ___MASK81___ itself , even in Russian language ), is a landlocked country in Eastern ___MASK17___ bordered by Russia to the northeast , Ukraine to the south , Poland to the ___MASK35___ , and Lithuania and Latvia to the ___MASK67___ . Its capital and most populous city is Minsk . Over 40 % ___MASK33___ its is forested . Its strongest economic sectors are service industries and manufacturing . Until the 20th century , different states at various times controlled the lands ___MASK33___ modern - day ___MASK81___ , including the Principality ___MASK33___ Polotsk ( 11th to 14th centuries ), the Grand Duchy ___MASK33___ Lithuania , the Polish  Lithuanian Commonwealth , and the ___MASK84___ . ___MASK16___ or Polatsk is a historical city in Belarus , situated on the Dvina River . It is the ___MASK56___ of the Polatsk Raion in ___MASK43___ Voblast . Its population is more than 80 , 000 people . It is served by ___MASK16___ Airport and during the Cold War was home to Borovitsy air base . ___MASK89___ , officially the Republic ___MASK33___ ___MASK89___ , is a country in Central ___MASK17___ , situated between the Baltic Sea in the north and two mountain ranges ( the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains ) in the south . Bordered by ___MASK61___ to the west ; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south ; Ukraine and Belarus to the east ; and the Baltic Sea , ___MASK20___ Oblast ( a Russian exclave ) and Lithuania to the north . The total area ___MASK33___ ___MASK89___ is , making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in ___MASK17___ . With a population ___MASK33___ over 38 . 5 million people , ___MASK89___ is the 34th most populous country in the world , the 8th most populous country in ___MASK17___ and the sixth most populous member ___MASK33___ the ___MASK58___ . ___MASK89___ 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 . The Berezina or Biarezina is a ___MASK4___ in ___MASK81___ and a tributary ___MASK33___ the Dnieper River .