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Also included is the number of unique sovereign states [a] that a country or territory shares as neighbors. If the number is higher due to multiple dependencies or unrecognized states bordering the state, the larger number is shown in brackets. Footnotes are provided to provide clarity regarding the status of certain countries and territories.
The incorporation of Western Belarus to the USSR radically affected the state of protection of the state border with Lithuania by parts of the Belarusian District. After the accession of Western Belarus to the BSSR on October 15, 1939, the border detachments of the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD) of the BSSR was tasked to guard the Belarusian section of the border with ...
Border countries: Latvia 161 km, Lithuania 640 km, Poland 418 km, Russia 1,312 km, Ukraine 1,111 km; Coastline 0 km (0 mi). Belarus is landlocked; the nearest body of water is the Baltic Sea, yet Lithuania and Latvia block access to the Baltic. Maritime claims None (landlocked) Elevation extremes. Lowest point: Neman River 90 m (295 ft)
This division was inherited by the contemporary Republic of Belarus from the Byelorussian SSR and introduced in 1938. [2] As of 2020, 115 settlements had the status of a city/town. Among them: [3] 10 cities of regional subordinance; 104 towns of district subordinance; Minsk — the capital of the country.
Russia 959 km Ukraine 891 km Lithuania 680 km Poland 605 km Latvia 171 km. Coastline: none; Population of Belarus: 9,255,524 (2022) [1] - 98th most populous country; Area of Belarus: 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) - 85th largest country; Atlas of Belarus
Countries by land border length Antarctica and countries in purple are those without any land border. This list gives the number of distinct land borders of each country or territory, as well as the neighbouring countries and territories. The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders. [1]
A leaked internal strategy document from Vladimir Putin’s executive office and obtained by Yahoo News lays out a detailed plan on how Russia plans to take full control over neighboring Belarus ...
Belarus is the only European country that continues to use capital punishment. In 2000, Belarus and Russia signed a treaty for greater cooperation, forming the Union State. The country has been a member of the United Nations since its founding and has joined the CIS, the CSTO, the EAEU, the OSCE, and the Non-Aligned Movement.