Smolensk
Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, 360 kilometers (220 mi) west-southwest of Moscow.
Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, 360 kilometers (220 mi) west-southwest of Moscow. Population: 316,570 (2021 census).
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Worth seeing in and around Smolensk
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Assumption Cathedral in Smolensk
The Cathedral Church of the Dormition, dominating the city of Smolensk, Russia, from Cathedral Hill, has been the principal church of the Smolensk bishopric for 800 years.
900 m · principal church of the Smolensk bishopric for 800 years · Wikipedia - 02Immaculate Conception Church, Smolensk
The Immaculate Conception Church is an old Catholic church in the city of Smolensk in Russia. This neo-Gothic building was built from 1884 to 1896 and hosted the Regional Archive of Smolensk.
1.2 km · church in Russia · Wikipedia - 03Smolensk State University
Smolensk State University ) is a public university located in Smolensk, Smolensk Oblast, Russia.
200 m · Russian University · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Smolensk Kremlin
Partially preserved fortress wall was built between 1595 and 1602.
- 02Dormition Cathedral in Smolensk
300-year-old cathedral in the baroque style.
- 03Katyń
Several kilometers west of Smolensk lies the Katyn (Russian: Катынь; Polish: Katyń) forest.
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Where to eat
- 01Russkiy Dvor
Fancy decorated restaurant with Russian/Soviet cuisine and grill bar.
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Getting to Smolensk
- Airports
- Minsk National (MSQ), 278 km
- Stations
- Smolensk North Airport, 4.9 km · Smolensk South Airport, 4.4 km · Smolensk railway station, 1.8 km
- Moscow → Smolensk369 km · quickest by road, 7h 28m · ₽1,450–1,930
- St. Petersburg → SmolenskTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Tunoshna → Smolensk587 km · quickest by road, 12h 40m · ₽2,480–3,310
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Smolensk
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Smolensk. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBoth are good for hitchhiking as well, though note, that M1 is about 6km from the town.
- Get aroundPublic transportation is cheap, unreliable and slow, mostly based on marshrutka buses often in bad condition (damaged doors and windows, visible rust).
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