Lithuania, formally the Republic of Lithuania, is a nation in the Baltic area of Europe. Lithuania is viewed as one of the Baltic states. It is arranged along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, toward the east of Sweden and Denmark. It is flanked by Latvia toward the north, Belarus toward the east and south, Poland toward the south, and Kaliningrad Oblast (a Russian exclave) toward the southwest. Its capital and biggest city is Vilnius. Other significant urban communities are Kaunas and Klaipeda. Lithuanians are Baltic individuals. For quite a long time, the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were possessed by different Baltic clans. During the 1230s, the Lithuanian terrains were joined by Mindaugas, the King of Lithuania, and the primary brought together Lithuanian express, the Kingdom of Lithuania, was made on 6 July 1253. Amid the fourteenth century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the biggest nation in Europe; present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, and parts of Poland and Russia were the domains of the Grand Duchy. With the Lublin Union of 1569, Lithuania and Poland framed a deliberate two-state individual association, the Polish– Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Commonwealth kept going over two centuries, until neighboring nations efficiently destroyed it from 1772 to 1795, with the Russian Empire attaching the vast majority of Lithuania's region. As World War I neared its end, Lithuania's Act of Independence was marked on 16 February 1918, pronouncing the establishing of the advanced Republic of Lithuania. Amidst the Second World War, Lithuania was first involved by the Soviet Union and after that by Nazi Germany. As World War II neared its end and the Germans withdrew, the Soviet Union reoccupied Lithuania. On 11 March 1990, a year prior to the formal disintegration of the Soviet Union, Lithuania turned into the primary Baltic state to announce itself autonomous, bringing about the reclamation of a free State of Lithuania.

Vilnus is the capital of Lithuania and its biggest city, with a populace of 574,147 starting at 2018. Vilnius is in the southeast piece of Lithuania and is the second biggest city in the Baltic states. Vilnius is the seat of the primary government establishments of Lithuania and the Vilnius District Municipality. Vilnius is delegated a Gamma worldwide city as indicated by GaWC thinks about, and is known for the design in its Old Town, proclaimed an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. Prior to World War II, Vilnius was one of the biggest Jewish focuses in Europe. Its Jewish impact has prompted it being portrayed as the "Jerusalem of Lithuania" and Napoleon named it "the Jerusalem of the North" as he was going through in 1812. Vilnius is arranged in south-eastern Lithuania at the conversion of the Vilnia and Neris Rivers. Lying near Vilnius is a site some case to be the Geographical Center of Europe. Vilnius lies 312 km (194 mi) from the Baltic Sea and Klaipeda, the central Lithuanian seaport.

Ruta graveolens , commonly known as Rue, regular regret or herb-of-beauty, is a types of Ruta developed as an elaborate plant and herb. It is local to the Balkan Peninsula. It is currently developed all through the world in greenery enclosures, particularly for its pale blue leaves, and now and again for its resistance of hot and dry soil conditions. It is likewise developed as a restorative herb, as a fixing, and to a lesser degree as a creepy crawly repellent. In the old Roman world, the naturalists Pedanius Dioscorides and Pliny the Elder suggested that regret be joined with the harmful bush Oleander to be tanked as a counteractant to toxic snake nibbles. Lament has a culinary use, however since it is unpleasant and gastric uneasiness might be experienced by certain people, it is utilized sparingly. Albeit utilized all the more widely in previous occasions, it's anything but a herb that is ordinarily found in current food.

The White stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a substantial flying creature in the stork family Ciconiidae. Its plumage is primarily white, with dark on its wings. Grown-ups have since quite a while ago red legs and since a long time ago pointed red bills, and measure by and large 100– 115 cm (39– 45 in) from snout tip to finish of tail, with a 155– 215 cm (61– 85 in) wingspan. The two subspecies, which vary marginally in size, breed in Europe (north to Finland), northwestern Africa, southwestern Asia (east to southern Kazakhstan) and southern Africa. The white stork is a long-remove vagrant, wintering in Africa from tropical Sub-Saharan Africa to as far south as South Africa, or on the Indian subcontinent. While relocating among Europe and Africa, it abstains from intersection the Mediterranean Sea and makeshift routes by means of the Levant in the east or the Strait of Gibraltar in the west, on the grounds that the air thermals on which it depends for taking off don't shape over water. A flesh eater, the white stork eats a wide scope of creature prey, including creepy crawlies, fish, creatures of land and water, reptiles, little warm blooded creatures and little winged animals. It takes the vast majority of its nourishment starting from the earliest stage, low vegetation, and from shallow water. The white stork is a huge fledgling. It has a length of 100– 115 cm (39– 45 in), and a standing tallness of 100– 125 cm (39– 49 in). The wingspan is 155– 215 cm (61– 85 in) and its weight is 2.3– 4.5 kg (5.1– 9.9 lb). Like all storks, it has long legs, a long neck and a long straight pointed mouth. The genders are indistinguishable in appearance, then again, actually guys are bigger than females all things considered. The plumage is essentially white with dark flight quills and wing coverts; the dark is brought about by the color melanin. The bosom quills are long and shaggy shaping a ruff which is utilized in some romance showcases. The irises are dull dark colored or dim, and the peri-orbital skin is dark. The grown-up has a splendid red snout and red legs, the colouration of which is gotten from carotenoids in the eating regimen.