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Смоленск (Smolensk) is a city of 327 thousand (2010) originally located on the left (east) bank of the Dnepr (Dniepr) River, now on both banks.1 It is the seat of its oblast, which is within the Central Federal District of Россия (Rossija).2 The tallest building as of mid 2014 is the Krasninskoe Shosse (16 stories).3 The city was heavily damaged but not completely destroyed by the Germans in World War II.1
Political Entity | Year | Population |
Velikoe knyazhestvo Smolenskoe | 1200 CE | 35,0004 |
Ulus of Jochi (the Golden Horde) | 1300 CE | 25,0004 |
Vepiko knajaztvo Pitovskogo, Ruskogo, Žomojskogo i inya and Królestwo Polskie (Poland-Lithuania) | 1400 CE | 25,0004 |
Vepiko knajaztvo Pitovskogo, Ruskogo, Žomojskogo i inya and Królestwo Polskie (Poland-Lithuania) | 1500 CE | 50,0005 |
Tsarstvo Russkoye (Russian Tsardom) | 1500 CE | 50,0005 |
Rossiyskaya Imperiya (the Russian Empire) | 1900 CE | 57,0005 |
Rossijskaya Federatsija (the Russian Federation) | 2010 CE | 327,0001 |
Smolensk railway station, Central Federal District of Rossija (Russia)
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smolensk, accessed 6/23/2014. Side bar for the population.
2. Also transliterated as Rossiya. Russia in English. Smoleńsk in Polish.
3. This building is listed as topped off but not completed in emporis.com, with a scheduled completion date in 2013 (accessed 7/14/2014). A taller building is listed as in the frame assembly stage of construction. The tallest building it lists as completed is Rylenkova 87, 14 stories, 1997.
4. Tertius Chandler, Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth, 2nd ed. (The Edwin Mellen Press, 1987), "Cities of Europe." Смоленск (Smolensk) was the largest city in what is now the Central Federal District of Россия (Rossija) in 1200 CE.
5. Ibid., "Tables of the World Largest Cities."
6. Ibid., pg. 225.