Welcome to Smolensk Oblast!
Smolensk Oblast is a region in Central Russia, which borders Bryansk Oblast to the southwest, Belarus to the west, Pskov Oblast to the northwest, Tver Oblast to the north, Moscow Oblast to the east, and Kaluga Oblast to the southeast.
Smolensk Oblast (Russian: Смоле́нская о́бласть, Smolenskaya oblast, informal: Smolenschina, Russian: Смоле́нщина) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative centre is the city of Smolensk. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 985,537.