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Smolénsk

  • city
  • early 19th century Russian provincial

A walled provincial city on the Dnieper, with cathedral, inns, shops, and the governor's house filling with troops and refugees. Bombardment and fire mark the French advance toward Moscow.

Type
city
Style
early 19th century Russian provincial
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 190
Books
1

History

  1. BOOK 1War and Peace

    A walled provincial city on the Dnieper, with cathedral, inns, shops, and the governor's house filling with troops and refugees. Bombardment and fire mark the French advance toward Moscow.

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