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	Smolensk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Smolensk (Russian: Смоленск; Polish Smoleńsk) is a city in western Russia, located on the Dniepr river at 54.79° North, 32.05° East, administrative center of Smolensk Oblast.
		Smolensk has been a special place to Russians for many reasons, not least for the fact that the local cathedral housed one of the most venerated Orthodox icons, attributed to St Luke.
		During the WWII Smolensk was again chosen by history as a stage for one of its greater battles, the Battle of Smolensk.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Smolensk (988 words)

	Smolensk: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Smolensk
		Smolensk (population 350,000) is a city in western Russia, located on the Dniepr[?] river.
		The historic city features the Cathedral of the Assumption[?] and a 16th century kremlin.
		In the neighbour Katyn forest the center of the extermination of the "enemies" is established.
	www.encyclopedian.com /sm/Smolensk.html (226 words)

	Smolensk Teleport
		The history of Smolensk is in part the history of all Russia, for it was in Smolensk, perhaps, more than in other cities that the destiny and future of our country was decided on many occasions.
		The city’s coat-of-arms is of profound significance – it symbolizes the immortality of Smolensk, its eternal renewal.
		The architect of this formidable fortress was Fyodor Kon, a native of the Smolensk area.
	www.keytown.com /about_sm.htm (459 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Smolensk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Smolensk (Russian: Смоленск) is a city in western Russia, located on the Dnieper river at 54.79° N 32.05° E, administrative center of Smolensk Oblast.
		It was in Smolensk that they supposedly mended any leaks and small holes that might have appeared in their boats from being dragged on the ground and they used tar to do that, hence the city name.
		Weakened Muscovy ceded temporarily Smolensk land to the Commonwealth in the Truce of Deulino and for the next forty three years it was the capital of the Smoleńsk Voivodship.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Smolensk (1154 words)

	About Smolensk
		The Smolensk Region, which has a population of 1,034,000 inhabitants, is situated on Smolensk-Moscow eminence on the west of Eastern European plain and has a territory of 49,798 square kilometres.
		Smolensk had risen at the riverhead of the Dnepr, on the commercial ways connecting Baltic countries with the Black Sea on the one hand and Moscow with the central and Western Europe on the other.
		The battle under Smolensk in 1941 was the greatest battle of the initial period of war.
	www.antibiotic.ru /en/iac/smolensk.shtml (1079 words)

	Smolensk -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Smolensk is one of the oldest and most historic of Russian cities, dating back to the 9th century, but the ravages of war (particularly World War II) have left few of its ancient churches and other buildings extant.
		Smolensk was first mentioned in 863, when it was already a key stronghold controlling the portages between the Dnieper and the Western Dvina rivers and the route between the Moscow region and western Europe.
		Smolensk is one of the oldest and most historic of Russian cities, dating back to the 9th century, but the ravages of war (particularly World War II) have left few of its ancient churches and other buildings...
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9068329?tocId=9068329 (977 words)

	Smolensk Between Russia, Lithuania and Poland Other pictures Russia De Administrando Imperio Mongol Teutonic knights ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Smolensk (Russian: Смоленск;, Belarusian Смаленск Polish Smoleńsk) is a city in western Russia, located on the Dniepr river at, administrative center of Smolensk Oblast.
		Smolensk is a port on the Dnieper River.
		SMOLENSK SMOLENSK, a government of middle Russia, belonging partly to Great Russia and partly to White Russia, bounded by the governments of Moscow and Kaluga on the E., Orel and Chernigov on the S...
	en.powerwissen.com /CFPmJi5vOMRbRbMtDsHHdQ==_Smolensk.html (859 words)

	Accommodation, reservation, hotels of Moscow, swisshotel Krasnye Holmy.
		The Cathedral of the Assumption, built by architect Aristotle Fioravanti in 1475-1479, was the most important church in the country.
		The Cathedral of the Archangel, built by architect Aleviz Novy in 1505-1508, was the burial vault of the Grand Princes of Muscovy, of princes and Russian tsars up to the early 18th century.
		The Cathedral of the Annunciation was the private church of the Grand Princes of Muscovy and, later, of Russian tsars.
	www.mosbooking.ru /eng/excursion.htm (1355 words)

	Smolensk region
		Smolensk region is situated in the central part of the Eastern-European Plain.
		Smolensk was an important commercial center on the ancient trade route between the Baltic Sea and the Byzantine empire.
		The Assumption Cathedral can't be separated from the skyline of Smolensk.
	www.moscow-city.ru /regions/ru/smolensk_region/smolensk_eng.html (799 words)

	Smolensk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Smolensk (Смоленск) is a city in western Russia, located on the Dniepr river at 54.79° North, 32.05° East (The World Gazetteer), administrative center of Smolensk Oblast.
		The name of the city is derived from the name of Smolnya River.
		The historic city features the Cathedral of the Assumption, 12th century Peter and Paul's temple, 12th century Michael Archangel's temple, 12th century John the Apostel's temple and fragments of a 17th century kremlin.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Smolensk (333 words)

	TRAVEL AGENCY АМIDА
		Red Square, Christ the Saviour Cathedral, New Arbat Street, Boulevard Ring, the Cathedral of St.Basil the Blessed, the former headquarters of the KGB, University located in Lenin's Hills considered to be the highest point of the city, Russian White House, Kutuzov street and the Victory Park with it's fountains and churches and many other places.
		The Cathedral of the Assumption, the Belltower of Ivan the Terrible and the Cathedral of the Annunciation are marvels of Russian architecture and art.
		It was established in 1524 as a monument to the freeing of Smolensk (the main city on the way to the west, the city was freed from the Litva in 1514, who had captured the town as early as the beginning of the 15th century.) from Polish rule.
	www.amida-tour.ru /english/excur/excurs.html (1738 words)

	- Welcome to the Tablet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It is, therefore, especially appropriate that the BBC should have chosen to mark the millennium by broadcasting from the Cathedral of the Assumption in Smolensk in provincial Russia.
		It is one of the oldest in Russia, and preserves a considerable amount of its ancient glory.
		From Smolensk, on my second visit I travelled by train through Lithuania to Kaliningrad, a segment of Russia cut off from the main body of the country.
	www.thetablet.co.uk /cgi-bin/register.cgi?tablet-00370 (1515 words)

	Novodevichy Convent and Cemetery in Moscow, Russia
		The convent's main cathedral was consecrated in honor of the Smolenskaya Icon of the Mother of God Hodigitria, which according to legend was painted by St. Luke himself.
		In the early 17th century, during the reign of Boris Godunov, the walls of the cathedral were ornamented with frescoes representing historic episodes in the struggle for the formation of a centralized Russian state.
		Both Peter the Great's sister and wife were buried in the convent's Smolensk Cathedral and their royal residents remain within the grounds of the monastery for visitors to see.
	www.moscow-taxi.com /churches/novodevichy-convent-and-cemetery.html (1185 words)

	NOVODEVICHY (NEW MAIDEN) CONVENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Its main cathedral was consecrated in honour of the Smolenskaya Icon of the Mother of God Hodigitria.
		In 1514 Grand Prince Vasily III, the grandson of Vasily II, subjugated Smolensk, the 'necklace of Russia,' and united it to the Moscow principality.
		Its cathedral church was built with the Kremlin Cathedral of the Assumption as a model, perhaps by the Italian architect Aleviz Fryazin, and in 1525 the copy of the Smolenskaya Icon was placed in it.
	www.moskva.ru /guide/churchs/monastir_novod1e.html (588 words)

	Places to visit at Moscow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Cathedral of the Archangel was a burial place of the Grand Princes of Russia and later the Tsars.
		It was erected in Cathedral Square in 1484-1489.
		The Cathedral has an icon of the Saviour and a Donskaya icon of the Mother of God that are revered as being intercessionary.
	www.free-style.ru /english/moscow/excurs/ex_mos.htm (532 words)

	Cathedral of the Assumption, Smolensk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Cathedral of the Assumption, or the Assumption cathedral, of Smolensk was constructed over a period of almost 100 years on the site of an earlier temple of the same name which was destroyed at the end of the 1609 -1611 siege.
		According to the official legend, the remaining defenders of the city locked themselves in the temple and then set fire to the gunpowder in the ammunition depot in the temple's basement.
		The construction of the new temple began shortly after Smolensk was recaptured by Russia and recognized as belonging to Russia in the 1667 peace treaty.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Cathedral-of-the-Assumption,-Smolensk.htm (501 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Moscow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Returning to Russia, he arrived at Moscow in the spring of 1441, and celebrated a grand pontifical liturgy at the cathedral of the Assumption in the Kremlin in the presence of Grand Duke Vasili II and the Russian clergy and nobility.
		Behind Ivan Veliky stands the Cathedral of the Assumption, the place of coronation of all the emperors of Russia, and the place where all the patriarchs of Moscow are entombed.
		To the west lies the Cathedral of the Annunciation, in which all the Tsars before Peter were baptized and married, still used for royal baptisms and marriages.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10591b.htm (4217 words)

	Smolensk \| Globaltour.no - Destinations - Europe - Russia - Central federal districts - Smolenskaya Oblast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Smolensk town is the capital of Smolensk Oblast nd the west ccentral parts of Russian Europea thta is located the ban of the Dnieper River.
		Smolensk is a port on the Dnieper River, an important rail junction, commercial, cultural and educational center.
		Climate: The climate of Smolensk is moderate-continental with a warm summer and cold winter.
	ruthso.com /destinations/europe/russia/centraldistricts/smolenskaya/smolensk (787 words)

	The Mystery Worshipper: Cathedral of the Assumption, Smolensk, Russia
		The Mystery Worshipper: Cathedral of the Assumption, Smolensk, Russia
		The cathedral is in Smolensk, although we hadn't ventured out of the UK.
		The fact that the cathedral had survived 70 years of oppression and manipulation under the communists and the Nazis, witnessing to lots of brave people who went through things we couldn't really comprehend for their faith.
	www.ship-of-fools.com /Mystery/2000/131Mystery.html (750 words)

	Friends
		Trips were made to the power plant in 1997 for the initial survey and detail design of a communications system for the Smolensk Power Plant Fire Brigade, and after several delays at the US and Russian governmental levels, we traveled to Smolensk in February 2000 to install and test the equipment.
		This is Mikhail Kalandinski, the telecommunications engineer for the Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant (Mikhail is in the middle, the power plant is in the background on the left, and that’s Joseph Matias of ProCom on the right).
		Joseph, Katarina, and Galina at the Assumption Cathedral in Smolensk.
	www.procomassociatesinc.com /friends1.htm (995 words)

	Sunbirds.com: Novodevichiy Convent - Moscow - Russian Lacquer item (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Smolensk Cathedral (1524-25), slightly off center and to the right, is the oldest building on the monastery grounds.
		The Cathedral of the Assumption in the Kremlin was this cathedral's prototype.
		The exterior of this cathedral has a more soaring, dramatic structure, and the interior pillars are square in plan, which increases the number of the soaring lines.
	www.sunbirds.com /lacquer/box/994184 (959 words)

	Pictures from the Novodevichy Convent, Moscow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Cathedral named after the icon of the Virgin of Smolensk was erected in 1525.
		Inside the Smolensk Cathedral is a gilded iconostatis by Mikhailov dating from the late 17th century.
		It was at the Novodevichy Convent that Boris Godunov sought to retire, and from the steps of Smolensk Cathedral that the people and and his agents persuaded him to accept the throne of Russia.
	www.friends-partners.org /oldfriends/mes/russia/moscow/novodev/hist.html (203 words)

	Encyclopedia
		1057;моленск;, Belarusian: Смаленск) is a city in western Russia, located on the Dniepr river at, administrative center of Smolensk Oblast.
		After the Russian Revolution Smolensk was declared part of the Belarus National Republic.
		On January 1, 1919 the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in Smolensk, but finally the city stayed part of the RSFSR.
	www.stylokna.pl /wikipedia/index.php?title=Smolensk (789 words)

	Russian tours
		Situated a short walk from the Luzhniki Sports Stadium, in a tranquil southern suburb of Moscow, inside a bend in the Moscow River, the Convent's leafy gardens are a pleasure to stroll in during the summer months and a welcome retreat from the bustle of the city.
		The convent's main cathedral was consecrated in honor of the Smolenskaya Icon of the Mother of God Hodigitria, which according to legend was painted by St.Luke himself.
		The convent is rather like a miniature Kremlin and was built in 1525 in the same style as the Kremlin Cathedral of the Assumption.
	bestrussiantour.com /rostourismeng/enovodevichiym.htm (488 words)

	A History Lovers Guide to Moscow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Cathedral Square is the religious center of Moscow, the historic heart of the Kremlin, and is home to a number of churches.
		The Annunciation Cathedral was set aside for the private use of the Tsar and his family and contains beautifully painted murals and icons on the interior walls.
		The throne of Ivan the Terrible can be found in the Cathedral of the Assumption, which was used for the coronation of Tsars.
	www.myboot.com /articles/p0-2263-a-history-lovers-guide-to-moscow.html (1978 words)

	Workshop Thumbnail View \| TrekEarth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Novodevichiy or New Maidens Convent was founded in the year 1524 by Vasily III to commemorate the capture the city of Smolensk.
		The white building is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Smolensk (1524), which, because of the appearance resembles the Cathedral of the Assumption in the Kremlin, (I will upload that one as a workshop), and the red tower is the 72 meter high Bell Tower (1690), one of the finest in Moscow.
		This is the Assumption Cathedral on the kremlin, because of tha gables, they are rather alike.
	www.trekearth.com /workshops/103927 (323 words)

	DANIILOVSKY MONASTERY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Its main cathedral was consecrated in honour of the Smolenskava Icon of the Mother of God Hodigitria.
		The icon was solemnly accompanied by a religious procession to the banks of the Moscow River opposite the Vorobyovy Hills, where a sendee was held.
		In 1514 Grand Prince Vasily III, the grandson of Vasily II, subjugated Smolensk, the 'necklace of Russia,' and united it to the Moscow principality In 1524 the New Maiden Convent was built at the place where long ago the Smolenskaya Icon had been received.
	www.moskva.ru /guide/churchs/monastir_danil2e.html (642 words)

	kartli4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Restored the Cathedral of Zion at Tiflis and greatly embellished the Cathedral of the Living Pillar at Mtskheta.
		Cathedral of the Assumption, Astrakhan), son of H.M. Irakli I, King of Kartli and Kakheti, by his wife, H.M. Queen Ana, daughter of Prince Shermazan Irubakidze-Cholokashvili.
		Cathedral of Zion), fourth son of Prince Paata Abashidze.
	4dw.net /royalark/Georgia/kartli4.htm (1870 words)

	Best of Russia --- Architecture --- The Novodevichy Convent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The imitation of the Kremlin Cathedral is evident in the similar division of the walls into vertical sections, in the architecture frieze with colonnades and in the cathedral's five domes.
		The exterior of the Cathedral has a more soaring structure, and the interior pillars are square in plan, which increases number of the soaring lines.
		It is dominated by the huge five domed Cathedral of the Smolensk Icon of Our Lady (1524 1525) which was modeled on the Cathedral of the Dormition in the Kremlin.
	www.bestofrussia.ca /novodevichi.html (798 words)

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