вставшие is a participle (plural, nominative) from встать. "встать в ряд XXX" = "to become among XXX", "to join the club of XXX" (pompous set phrase)
These two countries that became among the most prominent and powerful...
"за столетия соседства" = "during the centuries of neighborhood"



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