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The Dukla Pass (; 502 m AMSL) is a strategically significant mountain pass in the Carpathian mountains on the border between Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 and Slovakia
Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
, and close to the western border of Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
. It is the lowest mountain pass
Mountain pass

In a range of hills, or especially of mountain range, a pass is a saddle point in between two areas of higher elevation. If following the lowest possible route through a mountain range, a pass is locally the highest point on that route....
 in the Carpathian mountains
Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc of roughly 1,500 km across Central Europe and Eastern Europe, making them the largest mountain range in Europe....
 main range.






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Dukla Pass Battle Monument
The Dukla Pass (; 502 m AMSL) is a strategically significant mountain pass in the Carpathian mountains on the border between Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 and Slovakia
Slovakia

Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
, and close to the western border of Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
. It is the lowest mountain pass
Mountain pass

In a range of hills, or especially of mountain range, a pass is a saddle point in between two areas of higher elevation. If following the lowest possible route through a mountain range, a pass is locally the highest point on that route....
 in the Carpathian mountains
Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc of roughly 1,500 km across Central Europe and Eastern Europe, making them the largest mountain range in Europe....
 main range. Located south of Dukla
Dukla

Dukla [] is a town and an eponymous municipality in southeastern Poland, in the Subcarpathian Voivodship. The town is populated by 2,127 people , while the total population of the commune containing the town and the villages surrounding it is 16,640....
 in Poland and northeast of Prešov
Prešov

Pre?ov is a city in eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of the administrative Pre?ov Region . With a population of approximately 91,000, it is the third-largest city in the country....
 in Slovakia, the Dukla pass is acknowledged as an area where Eastern and Western Slavic
Slavic peoples

The Slavic Peoples are a linguistic branch of Indo-European peoples, living mainly in eastern Europe. From the early 6th century they spread from their original homeland to inhabit most of eastern Central Europe, Eastern Europe and the Balkans....
 cultures meet.

Dukla Pass was the scene of bitterly contested battles on the Eastern Fronts of both World War I
Eastern Front (World War I)

The Eastern Front was a theatre of war during World War I in Central Europe and, primarily, Eastern Europe. The term is in contrast to the Western Front ....
 and World War II
Eastern Front (World War II)

The Eastern Front of World War II was a Theatre between the German Reich and the Soviet Union which encompassed Central Europe and eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945....
 (Battle of the Dukla Pass
Battle of the Dukla Pass

Battle of the Dukla Pass, also known as the Dukla / Carpatho-Dukla / Rzesz?w-Dukla / Dukla-Pre?ov Offensive was the scene of bitterly contested battle for the Dukla Pass on the Eastern Front of World War II between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union in September-October 1944....
).

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