Geography of Latvia which Latvia contested after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Latvia encompasses 64,589 square kilometers and is an extension of the East European Plain. Its flat terrain differs little from that of its surrounding neighbors. Latvia's only distinct border is the Baltic Sea coast, which extends for 531 kilometers. Its neighbors include Lithuania on the south (453 kilometers of common border), Estonia on the north (267 kilometers), Russia on the east (217 kilometers), and Belarus on the southeast (141 kilometers). Prior to World War II, Latvia bordered eastern Poland, but as a result of boundary changes by the Soviet Union,
Poland–Sweden relations the power of each. At peak, the Swedes invaded Poland once, known as the Swedish Deluge, which later had razed much of Poland after serious destructions by the Swedish invaders. At 18th century, the partitions of Poland was the main hot detail in Sweden awake of the fear being partitioned by Russia, but after Russo–Swedish war ended in 1790, successful diplomatic missions from Sweden had finally prevented Sweden from suffering the same fate like Poland. Sweden was the main destination for many immigrants from partitioned Poland. During both World War I and World War II, the Polish community in Sweden