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Smolensk (English)
Смоленск (Russian)
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Smolensk Art Gallery
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Coat of arms
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Administrative status
Country Russia
Federal subject Smolensk Oblast
Administratively subordinated to Smolensk Urban Okrug
Municipal status
Urban okrug Smolensk Urban Okrug
Head Andrew Borisov
Representative body Smolensk City Council
Statistics
Area 166.35 km2 (64.23 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census,
preliminary)		 326,861 inhabitants
- Rank in 2010 54th
Density 1,965/km2 (5,089/sq mi)
Time zone MSK (UTC+04:00)
Founded 863
Postal code(s) 214ХХХ
Dialing code(s) +7 4812
Official website: http://www.smoladmin.ru

Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, 360 kilometers (220 mi) west-southwest of Moscow.

The walled city in the center of Smolensk (along with the outskirts) was destroyed several times throughout its long history because it was on the invasion routes of the Mongol Empire, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Tsardom of Russia, First French Empire and Nazi Germany. Today, Smolensk is noted for its electronics, textiles, food processing, and diamond faceting industries.

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  • Michael smolensk

    St. Michael's Church (Svirskaya) was built in 1180–1197 and is one of the few surviving structures in Russia from before the Mongol conquests.

  • Smalensk. Смаленск (1610)

    Siege of Smolensk (1609–1611) by Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

  • Smolensk 1912

    View of Smolensk in 1912. Early colour photograph by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii

  • Battle of Smolensk on 18 August 1812

    French and Polish soldiers assault the burning city of Smolensk, 1812.

  • Смоленск во время оккупации

    Smolensk under German occupation, 1941.

  • Smolensk railway station

    Smolensk railway station

  • Смоленск. Дом Энгельгардта.

    House Engelhardt

  • Смоленск. Дом Будникова.

    House Budnikova

  • Смоленск. Сбербанк.

    Sberbank Building

  • Смоленск. Здание 1930-х годов.

    Editorial office of the newspaper Krasnoarmeyskaya Pravda

  • Смоленск. Концертный зал филармонии.

    Smolensk Philharmonic Concert Hall

  • Smolensk train station

    Smolensk railway station

  • Смоленск. Здание универмага.

    Department Store building

  • Смоленский драматический театр

    The A. Griboedov Smolensk Drama Theater

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    The walls of Smolensk

  • Федор Конь

    Monument to Fyodor Kon

  • Bub

    Bubleika Tower

  • Долгочевская башня первая в ансамбле

    Dolgochevskaya Tower

  • Башня Орел вечером

    Oryol Tower

  • Вид вечером

    Cathedral of the Assumption

  • Smolensk Catholic Church 2

    Immaculate Conception Church

  • Свирская Церковь

    Church of St. Michael the Archangel

  • Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul on Gorodyanka in Smolensk (2013-11-08) 06

    Church of St. Peter and St. Paul on Gorodyanska

  • Церковь Иоанна Богослова

    Temple of St. John the Divine

  • Смоленск. Церковь Николая Чудотворца.

    Church of St. Nicholas

  • Смоленск. Вознесенский собор.

    Ascension Cathedral

  • Смоленск. Богоявленский собор.

    Epiphany Cathedral

  • Avraamiev monastery in Smolensk - the view from the tower Zaaltarnoy

    Savior-Transfiguration Avraamiev Monastery

  • Smolensk Trinity Monastery Holy Trinity Cathedral IMG 1913 2175

    Holy Trinity Cathedral

  • Opalennyiy tsvetok, Scorched Flower

    The Scorched Flower, a monument to child prisoners of Nazi concentration camps

  • Tvardovsky Monument Smolensk

    Monument to Alexander Tvardovsky and Vasily Turkin

  • Памятник Софийскому полку в Смоленске

    Monument to the 2nd Sofia Infantry Regiment

  • Смоленск. Пушка в Лопатинском саду.

    Cannon in Lopatinsky garden

  • Смоленск. Лопатинский сад.

    Monument to the defenders of Smolensk

  • Smolensk skver pamyati geroyev

    View of the Heroes' Square

  • Смоленск. Памятник Благодарная Россия.

    The "Grateful Russia" Monument, commemorating the centenary of the Russian victory over Napoleon

  • Смоленск. Бюст Кутузова в Сквере Памяти Героев

    The bust of Mikhail Kutuzov

  • Смоленск. Университет.

    Smolensk State University building

  • Russia sgtep april2007

    Smolensk Polytechnic College building

  • Смоленск. Академия физической культуры.

    Smolensk Academy of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism building

  • Смоленск. Колледж телекоммуникаций.

    Smolensk College of Telecommunications building

See also

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