What the records say
- When
- 28 Oct 1632 – 4 Oct 1633
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 54.78° N, 32.05° E
- Description
- 1632-1633 siege of the Smolensk War
Siege of Smolensk (1632–1633)
Part of Smolensk War
The siege of Smolensk lasted almost a year between 1632 and 1633, when the Muscovite army besieged the Polish–Lithuanian city of Smolensk during the war named after that siege. Russian forces of over 25,000 under Mikhail Borisovich Shein began the siege of Smolensk on 28 October. The Polish garrison under Samuel Drucki-Sokoliński numbered about 3,000.
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