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Siege Initiation
- When
- June 1654
- Where
- Smolensk
- Part of
- Siege of Smolensk
Russian-Cossack forces besieged Smolensk in June 1654.
The siege began in June 1654 when a Russian-Cossack army surrounded the city. This action was a key early event in the Russo-Polish War, targeting a city that had been under Polish-Lithuanian control since 1611.
Sources
- Siege of Smolensk (1654) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22
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