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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Top destinations include Smolensk and Vyazma.
Smolensk
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Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, 360 kilometers west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest cities in Russia.
Vyazma
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Vyazma is a town and the administrative center of Vyazemsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vyazma River, about halfway between Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast, and Mozhaysk.
Smolensk Oblast
- Type: State with 949,000 residents
- Description: federal subject of Russia
- Also known as: “Smolenschina”, “Smolensk Region”, “Smolenskaya oblast”, and “Smolenskaya Oblast’”
- Neighbors: Bryansk Oblast, Kaluga Oblast, Mogilev Oblast, Moscow Oblast, Pskov Oblast, Tver Oblast, and Vitebsk Oblast
- Categories: oblast of Russia, federal subject of Russia, and locality
- Location: Central Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude of center
55.0344° or 55° 2′ 4″ northLongitude of center
33.0192° or 33° 1′ 9″ eastPopulation
949,000Elevation
207 metres (679 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 778545155OpenStreetMap feature
place=state
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Smolensk Oblast” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Oblast Smolensk”
- Afrikaans: “Smolensk-oblast”
- Arabic: “أوبلاست سمولينسك”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة سمولينسك”
- Armenian: “Սմոլենսկի մարզ”
- Asturian: “Óblast de Smolensk”
- Azerbaijani: “Smolensk vilayəti”
- Bashkir: “Смоленск өлкәһе”
- Basque: “Smolensk oblasta”
- Belarusian: “Смаленская вобласць”
- Belarusian: “Смаленская вобласьць”
- Bengali: “সি্মো স্মোলেনস্ক ওব্লাস্ট”
- Bosnian: “Smolenska oblast”
- Breton: “Oblast Smolensk”
- Bulgarian: “Смоленска област”
- Catalan: “óblast de Smolensk”
- Catalan: “Óblast de Smolensk”
- Catalan: “província de Smolensk”
- Catalan: “Província de Smolensk”
- Cebuano: “Smolenskaya Oblast‘”
- Cebuano: “Smolenskaya Oblast’”
- Chechen: “Смоленскан область”
- Chinese: “Smolensk Chiu”
- Chinese: “斯摩棱斯克州”
- Chuvash: “Смулен облаçĕ”
- Crimean Tatar: “Smolensk vilâyeti”
- Croatian: “Smolenska oblast”
- Czech: “Smolenská oblast”
- Danish: “Smolensk oblast”
- Dimli (individual language): “Smolensk”
- Dutch: “Oblast Smolensk”
- Dutch: “Smolensk”
- Eastern Mari: “Смоленск вел”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سمولينسك”
- Erzya: “Смоленэнь ёнкс”
- Esperanto: “Smolenska provinco”
- Estonian: “Smolenski oblast”
- Finnish: “Smolenskin alue”
- French: “oblast de Smolensk”
- French: “Oblast de Smolensk”
- French: “région de Smolensk”
- French: “Smolensk”
- Georgian: “სმოლენსკის ოლქი”
- German: “Oblast Smolensk”
- German: “Smolensk”
- German: “Smolenskaja oblast”
- Greek: “Όμπλαστ του Σμολένσκ”
- Greek: “Περιφέρεια Σμολένσκ”
- Gujarati: “સ્મોલેન્સ્ક ઓબ્લાસ્ટ”
- Hakka Chinese: “Smolensk-chû”
- Hebrew: “סמולנסק”
- Hindi: “स्मोलेन्स्क ओब्लास्ट”
- Hindi: “स्मोलेंस्क ओब्लास्ट”
- Hungarian: “Szmolenszki terület”
- Icelandic: “Smolenskfylki”
- Ido: “Provinco Smolensk”
- Indonesian: “Oblast Smolensk”
- Irish: “Cúige Smolensk”
- Italian: “oblast‘ di Smolensk”
- Italian: “Oblast’ di Smolensk”
- Japanese: “スモレンスク州”
- Kabardian: “Смоленск област”
- Kannada: “ಸ್ಮೊಲೆನ್ಸ್ಕ್ ಒಬ್ಲಾಸ್ಟ್”
- Kazakh: “Смоленск облысы”
- Komi: “Смоленск обласьт”
- Korean: “스몰렌스카야주”
- Korean: “스몰렌스크주”
- Korean: “스몰렌스키나”
- Ladin: “Oblast de Smolensk”
- Latin: “Regio Smolenscensis”
- Latin: “Regio Smolenskensis”
- Latvian: “Smoļenskas apgabals”
- Lithuanian: “Smolensko sritis”
- Lombard: “Oblast de Smolensk”
- Macedonian: “Смоленска област”
- Malay: “Wilayah Smolensk”
- Marathi: “स्मोलेन्स्क ओब्लास्त”
- Mazanderani: “سمولنسک اوبلاست”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Smolensk Ciŭ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Smolenskaya Chiu”
- Mingrelian: “სმოლენსკიშ ოლქი”
- Mongolian: “Смоленск муж”
- Northern Frisian: “Smolensk (Prowins)”
- Northern Frisian: “Smolensk”
- Northern Luri: “اسمولنسک”
- Northern Sami: “Smolensk oblast”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Smolensk oblast”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Smolensk”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Smolensk oblast”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Smolensk”
- Norwegian: “Smolensk oblast”
- Norwegian: “Smolenskaja oblast”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Oblast de Smolensk”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Óblast de Smolensk”
- Ossetian: “Смоленсчы облæст”
- Persian: “استان اسمولنسک”
- Persian: “اوبلاست اسمالنسک”
- Polish: “Obwód smoleński”
- Portuguese: “Oblast de Smolensk”
- Portuguese: “Smolensk”
- Pushto: “سمولينسک ولايت”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Smolensk”
- Russia Buriat: “Смоленскын можо”
- Russia Buriat: “Смолеэнскэ можо”
- Russian: “Смоленская область”
- Russian: “Смоленская Область”
- Scots: “Smolensk Oblast”
- Serbian: “Смоленска област”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Smolenska oblast”
- Sinhala: “ස්මොලේන්ස්ක් ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovak: “Smolenská oblasť”
- Slovenian: “Smolenska oblast”
- South Azerbaijani: “اسمولنسک اوبلاستی”
- Spanish: “Óblast de Smolensk”
- Spanish: “Smolensk”
- Swahili: “Smolensk Oblast”
- Swedish: “Smolensk oblast”
- Swedish: “Smolensk”
- Tagalog: “Smolensk Oblast”
- Talysh: “Smolenski vilojət”
- Tamil: “சிமோலியென்சுக் மாகாணம்”
- Tamil: “ஸ்மொலென்ஸ்க் ஒபிலாஸ்ட்”
- Tamil: “ஸ்மோலென்ஸ்க் ஓப்ளாஸ்ட்”
- Tatar: “Смоленск өлкәсе”
- Telugu: “స్మోలెన్స్క్ ఓబ్లాస్ట్”
- Thai: “แคว้นสโมเลนสค์”
- Turkish: “Smolensk Oblastı”
- Udmurt: “Смоленск улос”
- Ukrainian: “Смоленська область”
- Upper Sorbian: “Oblasć Smolensk”
- Urdu: “سمولنسک اوبلاست”
- Uzbek: “Smolensk viloyati”
- Veps: “Smolenskan agj”
- Vietnamese: “Smolensk”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng Smolensk”
- Vlaams: “Oblast Smolensk”
- Waray (Philippines): “Smolensk Oblast”
- Welsh: “Oblast Smolensk”
- Western Frisian: “Smolensk (oblast)”
- Western Frisian: “Smolensk”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ سمولنسک”
- Wu Chinese: “斯摩棱斯克州”
- Yakut: “Смоленскай уобалас”
- Yue Chinese: “斯摩棱斯克州”
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