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Siege of Smolensk

Siege of Smolensk was a siege conducted in June 1514 at Smolensk, in what is now Russia. It was part of the Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars, which ran from 1487 to 1583. The recorded result: Russian victory.

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Siege of Smolensk
Siege of Smolensk. Anonymous Russian manuscript illuminators, 1560-1570s Facial Chronicle (Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible) (in , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
FoughtJune 1514
WhereSmolensk, Russia54.783N, 32.045E
OutcomeRussian victory
BelligerentsGrand Duchy of MoscowagainstGrand Duchy of Lithuania
Part ofMuscovite-Lithuanian Wars1487 to 1583

Where it sits in the Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars

Battle of the Siritsa River, 1501Battle of Mstislavl, 1501Battle of Lake Smolina, 1502Siege of Smolensk, 1502Battle of Kletsk, 1506Siege of Smolensk, 1514Siege of Polotsk, 151815011518Siege of Smolensk, 1514
7 placed engagements of the Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

DateJune 1514 (month precision)
to 1 August 1514
PlaceSmolensk, Russia
54.783N, 32.045E
KindSiege, early modern
Strength140 to 300 cannons
Commanders
  • Vasili III of Russia
  • Michael Glinski
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Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 11 times between 1285 and 1943.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1514

Siege of Smolensk is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 350 in present-day Russia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4337446, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Smolensk (1514), revision 1370745357, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.