What the records say
- When
- Jun 1654 – 23 Sep 1654
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 54.78° N, 32.05° E
- Description
- 1654 event
Siege of Smolensk (1654)
1654 event
The siege of Smolensk was one of the first great events of the Russo-Polish War (1654–67). Smolensk, which had been under the rule of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during 1404–1514 and since 1611, was besieged by a Russian-Cossack army in June 1654. The Polish garrison of the city hoped to get reinforcements from the army of Janusz Radziwiłł (1612–1655), stationed in Orsha.
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