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Smolensk   /smoʊlˈɛnsk/   Listen
Smolensk

noun
1.
A city in western Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War II.



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"Smolensk" Quotes from Famous Books



... on which the battle fields on the march to and from Moscow are marked, we notice that it was not a deep thrust which the attack of the French army had made into the colossus of Russia. From the Niemen to Mohilew, Ostrowno, Polotsk, Krasnoi, the first time, Smolensk, Walutina, Borodino, Conflagration of Moscow, and on the retreat the battles of Winkonow, Jaroslawetz, Wiasma, Vop, Krasnoi, the second time, Beresina, Wilna, Kowno; this is not a great distance, says Paul Holzhausen in his ...
— Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 • Achilles Rose

... welcome the enemy and open to him their houses in compulsory hospitality. The French army, reduced by sickness, privations, and hunger, to nearly one-half of its original strength, nevertheless continued advancing; it forced an entrance into Smolensk after a bloody struggle; after taking a short rest in the ruined, burning, and entirely deserted city, it marched upon Moscow. In front of this ancient capital of the czars it met at length on the 7th of September the living enemy it had so long sought. Bagration, ...
— NAPOLEON AND BLUCHER • L. Muhlbach



Words linked to "Smolensk" :   urban center, city, Russia, Russian Federation, metropolis



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