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The Suwałki Gap, also known as the Suwałki corridor[a][b]([suˈvawkʲi] ⓘ), is a sparsely populated area around the borderbetween Lithuaniaand Poland, and centres on the shortest path between Belarusand the Russianexclaveof Kaliningrad Oblaston the Polish side of the border. Named after the Polish town of Suwałki, this choke pointhas ...
To the military planners of NATO, an area of the Lithuania–Poland border area is known as the Suwałki Gap because it represents a military difficulty. It is a flat narrow piece of land, a gap , that is between Belarus and Russia's Kaliningrad exclave and that connects the three NATO-member Baltic States to Poland and the rest of NATO .
Suwałki Region ( Polish: Suwalszczyzna [a] [suvalʂt͡ʂɨzna] ⓘ; Lithuanian: Suvalkų kraštas, Suvalkija) is a historical region around the city of Suwałki in northeastern Poland near the border with Lithuania. It encompasses the powiats of Augustów, Suwałki, and Sejny, [ 1][ 2] and roughly corresponds to the southern part of the former ...
To the military planners of NATO, the border area is known as the Suwałki Gap (named after the nearby town of Suwałki) because it represents a military difficulty. It is a flat narrow piece of land, a gap, that is between Belarus and Russia's Kaliningrad exclave and that connects the three NATO-member Baltic States to Poland and the rest of NATO.
Adjacent countries. v. t. e. The Suwałki Agreement, Treaty of Suvalkai, [1] or Suwalki Treaty [2] ( Polish: Umowa suwalska, Lithuanian: Suvalkų sutartis) was an agreement signed in the town of Suwałki between Poland and Lithuania on October 7, 1920. It was registered in the League of Nations Treaty Series on January 19, 1922.
A series of restrictions on transit through Lithuania between the Russian semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast and mainland Russia were implemented during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [1] The restrictions extended only to sanctioned goods and began on 18 June 2022. [2] The rail restrictions were lifted one month later on 23 July.
Suwałki Governorate. / 54.083°N 22.933°E / 54.083; 22.933. Suwałki Governorate [a] was an administrative-territorial unit ( guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire, which had its seat in the city of Suwałki. It covered a territory of about 12,300 square kilometres (4,700 sq mi).
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