Dominions of Sweden and Finland, have anything to say at Riksdags and other meetings..."" Between 1561 and 1629 Sweden made conquests in the Eastern Baltic. All of them were lost in accordance with the Treaty of Nystad in 1721, which concluded the Great Northern War. Estonia placed itself under Swedish rule in 1561 to receive protection against Russia and Poland as the Livonian Order lost their foothold in the Baltic provinces. Territorially it represented the northern part of present-day Estonia. The area was significantly populated by Estonian Swedes, who inhabited the area for centuries after Sweden lost control of it. After the Soviet
Belarus–Latvia border Belarus–Latvia border The Belarus–Latvia border is of length 172.912 km. In spans from the tripoint with Lithuania to the tripoint with Russia. The current border between the republics of Belarus (CIS member) and Latvia (EU member) was established after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and confirmed by an agreement of February 21, 1994 about the establishment of the border, finalized on April 10, 2013 in the agreement about the functioning of the border. For about 16.6 km the border runs along the Daugava River. It also crosses the Lake Rychy and an island in the lake. The May 10,