12) Belarus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Republic of Belarus, republic (1995 est. pop. 10,437,000), c.80,150 sq mi (207,600 sq km), E central Europe. It is sometimes called White Russia. Belarus borders...

13) Ukraine. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Poland in the northwest; on Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova in the southwest; on the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov in the south; on Russia in the east and...