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| - Nizhyn (NEEz-hyn; Russian: Нежин, Belarusian: Нежын, Ukrainian: Ніжин) officially the The Tsardom of Nizhyn, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Nizhyna; other major cities include Kiev, Hrodna (Grodno), Lviv, Mahilioŭ (Mogilev) and Vitsebsk (Vitebsk). Over 40% of its 507,600 square kilometres (180,200 sq mi) is forested. Its strongest economic sectors are service industries and manufacturing.
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| - Nizhyn (NEEz-hyn; Russian: Нежин, Belarusian: Нежын, Ukrainian: Ніжин) officially the The Tsardom of Nizhyn, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Nizhyna; other major cities include Kiev, Hrodna (Grodno), Lviv, Mahilioŭ (Mogilev) and Vitsebsk (Vitebsk). Over 40% of its 507,600 square kilometres (180,200 sq mi) is forested. Its strongest economic sectors are service industries and manufacturing. Until the 20th century, the lands of modern-day Nizhyn belonged to several countries, including the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Empire. In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, Nizhyn declared independence as the Tsardom of Nizhyn, and succeded to remain Independent after the Soviet Russian invasion in 1918. The Russian Empire lost almost half of its eastern european territory to Nizhyn after the Nyzhysic-Soviet war. Much of the borders of Nizhyn took their modern shape in 1941 when some lands of the Second Polish Republic were reintegrated into it after the Nyzhysic invasion of Poland and were finalized after World War II. During World War II, Nizhyn was devastated, losing about a third of its population and more than half of its economic resources. The tsardom was redeveloped in the post-war years. In 1982, Nizhyn became a founding member of the East Slavic Union, along with the Russian Federation and Ukraine.
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