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Belarusian-Lithuanian border

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  • 1200

    Grand Duchy of Lithuania

    Grand Duchy of Lithuania
    The domain of King Mindaugas (dark yellow) during the times of Kingdom of Lithuania, making up the initial Duchy of Lithuania
  • Period: 1236 to 1569

    Grand Duchy of Lithuania

  • 1263

    Changes of borders

    Changes of borders
    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)
    Modern Republic of Lithuania
  • 1569

    Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

    Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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    Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

  • Russian Empire

    Russian Empire
    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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    Russian Empire

  • The peace of Riga

    The peace of Riga
    Poland after the Peace of Riga with the pre-partition borders of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth also indicated
  • Soviet-Polish border

    Soviet-Polish border
    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.
  • Period: to

    Second Polish Republic

  • Lithuanian-Soviet border

    Lithuanian-Soviet border
    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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    Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

  • Lithuanian SSR

    Lithuanian SSR
    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)
  • Period: to

    Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic

  • Border changes after WW2

    Border changes after WW2
    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.
  • Republic of Belarus-Republic of Lithuania border

    Republic of Belarus-Republic of Lithuania border
    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.
  • Treaty on the Belarusian-Lithuanian border

    Treaty on the Belarusian-Lithuanian border
    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.
  • The first boundary mark

    The first boundary mark
    In the area of border crossing "Benyakoni".
  • Outer border of the European Union

    Outer border of the European Union
    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.
  • The outer border of the Schengen area

    The outer border of the Schengen area
    The border has served as the outer border of the Schengen area
  • Exchange of final demarcation documents between BY and LT

    Exchange of final demarcation documents between BY and LT
    On the border there are 6 international border crossings (2 railway and 4 road) and 11 highway for local traffic (simplified).
  • Simplified traveling for people living within 50 kilometers of the border

    Simplified traveling for people living within 50 kilometers of the border
    Implement simplified traveling for people living within 50 kilometers of the border.
  • Visa free entry for border zone

    Visa free entry for border zone
    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.