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The domain of King Mindaugas (dark yellow) during the times of Kingdom of Lithuania, making up the initial Duchy of Lithuania
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13th century (during the reign of Mindaugas)
15th century (during the reign of Vytautas the Great)
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and border between its parts
Border of 1923 (the area of Vilnius being a part of Poland)
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The three partitions of Poland (the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth). The Russian Partition (red), the Austrian Partition (green), and the Prussian Partition (blue)
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Poland after the Peace of Riga with the pre-partition borders of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth also indicated
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The Peace of Riga was signed between Poland, Soviet Russia (acting also on behalf of Soviet Belarus) and Soviet Ukraine after Polish–Soviet War. The borders established by the treaty remained in force until the Second World War. The National Democrats were accept a Polish-Soviet border which was substantially to the west of what was being offered by the Soviet side, even though this would leave hundreds of thousands of people who were ethnically Polish on the Soviet side of the border.
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пасля аб'яднання Заходняй Беларусі з БССР. Яна супадала са старай літоўска-польскай граніцаю. Паводле савецка-літоўскай угоды ад 10 кастрычніка 1939 года СССРперадаў Літве раён Вільні і Аранаў, а таксама вузкі пас зямлі ў бок Свянцянаў.
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According to the Soviet–Lithuanian Mutual Assistance Treaty, Lithuania agreed to allow Soviet military bases (marked in black stars) in exchange for a portion of the Vilnius Region (in orange)
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Blue line: Curzon Line of 8 December 1919. Pink areas: Parts of Germany in 1937 borders. Grey area: Territory annexed by Poland between 1919 and 1923 and held until 1939, which after World War II was annexed by the Soviet Union. Based on the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact, both Germany and Russia invade Poland and annex large parts of the country.
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Between 1992 and 1994, the most heated debate centred around Adutiškis some 70 kilometres to the north-east of Maladzyechna – this was how much the Lithuanian border had moved.
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Signed an agreement ratified by Belarus, October 26, 1996. The contract is legally defined and secures the state border on the basis of the "Soviet line" in 1940.
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In the area of border crossing "Benyakoni".
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But when Lithuania joined the European Union in 2004, the 677-kilometre stretch became part of the external EU and later Schengen Area border, obliging both states to step up smuggling and illegal migration control.
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The border has served as the outer border of the Schengen area
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On the border there are 6 international border crossings (2 railway and 4 road) and 11 highway for local traffic (simplified).
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Implement simplified traveling for people living within 50 kilometers of the border.
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Belarus has been gradually opening up since 2016, when it introduced visa-free entry for visitors of Augustow canal via Polish and Lithuanian borders, a conservation protection zone in the Hrodna region. According to the Ministry of Sports and Tourism, foreign tourists will be able to visit without visas Hrodna, Auhustauski Canal and surrounding areas upon confirmation of entry for tourism purposes.
