1. In 1351–1352 Simeon raised arms against Algirdas over control of small towns in Smolensk area.

2. 5: German armies trap Red Army forces in Smolensk pocket and take 300,000 soldiers; Orel is taken.

3. This was the holy ikon that had been brought away from Smolensk, and had accompanied the army ever since.

4. It flows east and enters Russia, where it makes the border between Shumyachsky and Yershichsky Districts of Smolensk Oblast.

5. In the areas liberated during the Smolensk operation (occupied for almost two years), almost all industry and agriculture was gone.

6. A large portion of the line ran along the Dnieper River, from just west of Smolensk to the Black Sea.

7. He was due in Smolensk later Saturday, where he would meet Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who was flying in from Warsaw.

8. Better historical sources know the early forefathers of the Puzyna and Oginskis, princes Bynamed Hlazyna and Gluszonek who were magnates in the region of Smolensk in the late 15th century

9. After the ceremonies at the Katyn cemetery, Putin and Tusk were to hold talks in nearby Smolensk during a meeting of a joint task-force on "difficult issues" in bilateral relations.