Border between Latvia and Belarus

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The Latvia – Belarus border is a 173 km long external EU border that separates the two countries. The current border is based on the Latvian-Polish border from 1923, which was 105 km long, and in the southeastern part of the border with the Soviet Union . It runs in the southwest from the triangle Latvia - Lithuania - Belarus World icon to the northeast to the triangle Latvia World icon- Belarus - Russia .

history

During the Latvian War of Independence on January 30, 1920, the peace of Riga on February 1 established a demarcation line that coincided with the eastern border of the Latvian inhabited ( Latvian Ludzas apriņķis ). In March 1920 the Kurzeme Infantry Division of the Latvian Army occupied the Polish parts of the Drissa border district from Proškiai to Lake Asweja on the and on to the right bank of the Daugava . After the peace between Latvia and Soviet Russia on August 11th, the Latvian army withdrew from Drisa. Only the municipalities of Piedrujas and Pustiņa (Robežnieku) fell to Latvia.

In the spring of 1920 the Polish army occupied the cities of Grīva, Borne, Borovka (Silene), Demene, Kalkun, Saliena and Skrudaliena (in the former parish of Überlauz ), which administratively belonged to the then Polish district of Braslavas. After the withdrawal of Polish troops during the Polish-Soviet war in the summer of 1920, the area was occupied by the Latvian army.

Borderline

The delimitation of the Latvian-Belarusian border began after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1997 and was decided on April 10, 2002 in Rīgā with the signing of the final protocol. The length of the border is 172.912 km and it is marked with 417 border posts, including 17 buoys on the border in the valley path of the Daugava and in other waters.

From the Latvian side there are designated border areas. Solid border fortifications are rarely found. As an external border, the EU and the provisions of the Schengen Agreement are increasingly calling for an effective defense against illegal immigrants. From the Belarusian side, access in the wider border area is only possible with a permit, but is often bypassed. The border fortifications are much more massive and well monitored, but are seldom visible from the Latvian side. There are 306 settlements in the border protection strip, some of which are many kilometers wide, which are only accessible to residents, border protection agencies and selected visitors with a special permit.

Crossing the border into Latvia requires a visa according to the law of the European Union (Schengen Agreement) and to Belarus a Belarusian visa. In the local border traffic special provisions.

Border crossings (SW → NO):
Disused or blocked connections across the border are marked with .No
LatviaLatvia Latvia ⇄ BelarusBelarus Belarus position
The triangle of Lithuania - - Latvia - - BelarusLithuaniaLithuania YesLatviaLatvia NoBelarusBelarus 
 55 ° 40 ′ 50 "  N , 26 ° 37 ′ 50"  E
Ilga , Daugavpils District No
 Krywasseli ( Belarusian Крываселі ) 55 ° 40 ′ 49 "  N , 26 ° 45 ′ 43"  E
Silene , Daugavpils district P68 Truck + car.svg
 P2 Urbany ( Belarusian Урбаны ) 55 ° 43 '5 "  N , 26 ° 52' 25"  E
Kaplava , Krāslava district CAR + WHEEL + FOOTG.svg
  H16105  Pļusi ( Belarusian Плюсы ) 55 ° 49 '22 "  N , 27 ° 1' 57"  E
Piedruja , Krāslava district No
 Druja ( Belarusian Друя ) 55 ° 47 ′ 40 "  N , 27 ° 26 ′ 19"  E
Pāternieki , Krāslava district A6 Truck + car.svg
 P20 Grigorovščina ( Belarusian Грыгароўшчына ) 55 ° 49 ′ 14 "  N , 27 ° 37 ′ 45"  E
Indra , Krāslava district Eisenbahn.svg
 Bigosova ( Belarusian Бігосава ) 55 ° 50 ′ 41 ″  N , 27 ° 38 ′ 18 ″  E
Vorzova , Dagda district No
 Ļipovka ( Belarusian Ліпаўка ) 55 ° 59 ′ 32 "  N , 27 ° 48 ′ 40"  E
Meikšāni , Zilupe district Cars, cyclists, pedestrians
 Gavriļino ( Belarusian Гаўрыліна ) 56 ° 9 ′ 59 ″  N , 28 ° 7 ′ 18 ″  E
Hill of friendship Dreiländereck Latvia - Russia - Belarus Zilupe Bridge at the border triangle
LatviaLatvia RussiaRussia BelarusBelarus 
No

 Aswejski Protected Landscape Area
( Belarusian Асвейскі ландшафтны заказнік ) 		56 ° 10 ′ 13 ″  N , 28 ° 9 ′ 1 ″  E

Remarks

  1. ↑ The restricted zones have relatively few restrictions, but access is usually possible up to the border fence. Preferred procedures for crossing the border apply to residents of the border area.
    Vienkāršotā robežšķērsošana. Krāslavas novada portāls, accessed on June 16, 2019 (Latvian, Simplified Border Crossing): "Information prepared as part of the European Neighborhood and Partnership Program project for Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus"
  2. ↑ The three-country point can be easily visited from Lithuania via field and forest paths. From the Latvian side there is no easy path and from the Belarusian side the area is largely closed. But there have been occasions when selected Belarusian citizens took part in joint festivities at the three-country corner.
  3. ↑ a b c d Only small, visa-free border traffic for residents of the border areas after special permission, often limited in time, no continuous opening times, no freight traffic.
    Vienojas par uzlabotu Latvijas un Baltkrievijas robežas šķērsošanu. January 23, 2007, accessed June 16, 2019 (Latvian, Agreement on Improving Border Crossing between Latvia and Belarus).
  4. ↑ Officially a border station for small border traffic 9 am – 5 pm. The ferry crossing over the Düna has been out of service since the late 1990s. Border clearance was never set up on the Belarusian side.
    Piedrujā skatās Baltkrieviju, meklē Napoleona dārgumus un domā par Latviju. TV NET, May 15, 2017, accessed June 16, 2019 (look at Latvian, Belarus, look for Napoleon's treasures and think of Latvia). Starp Latviju un Baltkrieviju ir Piedruja, vieta pie Drujas. DIENA, May 19, 2097, accessed on June 16, 2019 (Latvian, Piedruja, a place near Druja is located between Latvia and Belarus): “Only the invisible border in the waters of the Daugava separates the municipality of Piedruja in the Krāslava district Southeast Latvia from the municipality of Druja in Belarus. Since the beginning of May, a ferry has been running three times a week between the two countries, which confirms the historical community of these villages, which has remained in the consciousness of the local population since the time when both Druja and Piedruja were part of the Vitebsk province. " Across the river - Life in a small town split between Belarus and Latvia. Радыё Свабода, 2017, accessed on June 16, 2019 (English, Across the River - Life in a Small Town between Belarus and Latvia). Historical and present centers. Lauku ceļotājs, Riga, accessed June 16, 2019 .
  5. ↑ The cross-border railway line is part of the historic Riga-Orlov Railway 1895–1918 which connected Riga with Orjol . Later trains ran to Ukraine with through coaches to the Black Sea . In the meantime there is only one daily passenger connection between Riga and Minsk (№ 088Б) and back (№ 087Б). The route is more important for freight traffic. Sanctions against Russia are circumvented through Belarus. In particular, products made from Russian crude oil processed in Belarus are shipped to the EU.
  6. ↑ Border guard barracks directly at the border, approved for small border traffic, but no active crossing recognizable.
  7. ↑ Open 9 am-7 pm, only small border traffic
  8. ↑ Only open to pedestrians at international events

Web pages

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elmārs Pelkaus, Dr. hist .: Latvijas robežas un 1920. gada miers. TV NET, February 15, 2005, accessed on June 16, 2019 (Latvian, The Borders of Latvia and the Peace of 1920): “In the discussions about the conclusion of the new border treaty between Latvia and Russia, there were disputes between Latvian politicians over the Commemoration of the peace treaty of 1920. What was written in this document and how it determined the Latvian-Russian border, writes the historian and representative of the Latvian State Archives Elmārs Pelkaus. "
  2. ↑ Par Latvijas Republikas un Lietuvas Republikas valsts robežas redemarkācijas dokumentu apstiprināšanu. LIKUMI, April 10, 2002, accessed June 13, 2019 (Latvian, On Approval of Renaming Documents of the State Border of the Republic of Latvia and the Republic of Lithuania).
  3. ^ List of the settlements located in the border zone. 1.1.1. on the state border of the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Latvia :. State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus, accessed June 13, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Jan S. Krogh: Liudevinova (BY), Liudvinavas (LT) / Ludvinova (LV). Byelorussia (BY) - Latvia (LV) - Lithuania (LT). Jan S. Krogh's Geosite, December 25, 2012, accessed June 24, 2019 .
  5. ^ Hugh Wallis: Lithuania and its borders with Latvia and Belarus. Hugh's Border Blog, March 23, 2007, accessed June 26, 2019 (English, interesting photos).
  6. ↑ Кривосели, фотозарисовки. 2007, accessed on June 16, 2019 (Russian, Krivoseli, photo sketches for the property Vitebsk region, Braslav district).
  7. ↑ Information Checkpoint Urbany. State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus, 2019, accessed June 16, 2019 (information on the border crossing).
  8. ↑ a b c d e f Official border crossings: Kontrolpunkti Latvijas Republikā. Bella Dvina, 2010, accessed June 16, 2019 (Latvian, Border Checkpoints of the Republic of Latvia). List of border crossing points in accordance with Article 2 (8) of Regulation (EC) No. 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on a Community code for people crossing borders (Schengen Borders Code). In: JURION. October 13, 2006, accessed on June 16, 2019 (see LATVIA - BELARUS): "Land borders (1) Indra - Bigosova (Бигосово) (railway) (2) Pāternieki - Grigorovščina (Григоровщина) (3) Silene - Urbani (Урбаны) Small border traffic (1) Piedruja - Druja (Друя) (2) Meikšāni - Gavriļino (Гаврилино) (3) Vorzova - Ļipovka (Липовка) (4) Kaplava - Pļusi (Плюсы) "
  9. ↑ Information Checkpoint Grigorovshchina. State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus, 2019, accessed June 16, 2019 (information on the border crossing).