Suwałki gap

Suwalki gap English thumb|300px|Map showing Russia (Kaliningrad), Poland, Belarus, and Lithuania Alternative forms en Suwałki Gap Suwalki gap Suwalki Gap Etymology Named after the Polish town Suwałki + gap. Pronunciation en /suːˌvaʊ.ki ˈɡæp/ Proper noun 1 The strip of NATO-controlled territory along the Polish–Lithuanian border, separating Russia (Kaliningrad) from its ally Belarus. Daniel Boffey 'We know how to live next to Russia': Lithuania builds border fence with Kaliningrad 2017-08-24 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/24/russia-lithuania-border-fence-kaliningrad-estonia-eston-kohver Those with the darkest imaginations suggest Russia could one day choose to close the so-called Suwałki Gap, a 60-mile-long stretch of the Polish-Lithuanian border stretching from Kaliningrad to Russia’s close ally, Belarus, and cut off the Baltic states from the rest of Europe. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018141316/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/24/russia-lithuania-border-fence-kaliningrad-estonia-eston-kohver 18 October 2026 Translations gap between Kaliningrad and Belarus Belarusian: be Сувальскі калідор m German: de Suwalki-Lücke f Lithuanian: lt Suvalkų koridorius m Polish: pl przesmyk suwalski m, pl korytarz suwalski m Russian: ru Сувалкский коридор m Spanish: es corredor de Suwalki m Ukrainian: uk Сувальський коридор m Further reading Suwałki Gap en Poland Lithuania Russia Belarus en terms derived from toponyms