Welcome to Smolensk!
Smolensk (Russian: Смоленск) is a city in Central Russia. Smolensk (Russian: Смоленск) 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. Smolensk is known for its electronics, textiles, food processing, and diamond faceting industries.