Editing Smolensk (section)

== Attractions ==
Owing to its long and rich history, Smolensk is home to many examples of [[Russian architecture]] ranging from the [[Kievan Rus]] period to post-WWII [[Stalinist architecture|Stalinist style]]. Although the city was destroyed several times over, many historically and culturally significant buildings remain, including a large number of churches and cathedrals. The most famous of these are the [[Assumption Cathedral in Smolensk|Cathedral of the Assumption]], the [[Immaculate Conception Church, Smolensk|Immaculate Conception Church]], and the Church of St. Michael the Archangel, which is one of the few structures from before the Mongol invasion remaining in Russia.
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File:Смоленск. Дом Энгельгардта..JPG|House [[Engelhardt family|Engelhardt]]
File:Смоленск. Дом Будникова..JPG|House Budnikova
File:Смоленск. Сбербанк..JPG|Sberbank Building
File:Смоленск. Здание 1930-х годов..JPG|Editorial office of the newspaper Krasnoarmeyskaya Pravda
File:Смоленск. Концертный зал филармонии..JPG|Smolensk Philharmonic Concert Hall
File:Smolensk train station.jpg|[[Smolensk railway station]]
File:Смоленск. Здание универмага..JPG|Department Store building
File:Смоленский драматический театр.JPG|The A. Griboedov Smolensk Drama Theater
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=== The Smolensk Kremlin ===
The [[Smolensk Kremlin]], built at the end of the 16th century during the reign of Tsars [[Feodor I of Russia|Fyodor I Ioannovich]] and [[Boris Godunov]], under the supervision of the architect [[Fyodor Kon]],  is one of the greatest achievements of Russian medieval architecture and military engineering.
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File:BD090090(2).jpg|The walls of Smolensk
File:Федор Конь.jpg|Monument to [[Fyodor Kon]]
File:Bub.jpg|Bubleika Tower
File:Надвратная церковь Одигитрии задний вид.jpg|Dnieper Gate
File:Башня Орел вечером.jpg|Oryol Tower
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=== Churches and cathedrals ===
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File:Вид вечером.jpg|[[Assumption Cathedral in Smolensk|Cathedral of the Assumption]]
File:Smolensk Catholic Church 2.JPG|[[Immaculate Conception Church, Smolensk|Immaculate Conception Church]]
File:Свирская Церковь.jpg|Church of St. Michael the Archangel
File:Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul on Gorodyanka in Smolensk (2013-11-08) 06.JPG|Church of St. Peter and St. Paul on Gorodyanska
File:Церковь Иоанна Богослова.JPG|Temple of St. John the Divine
File:Смоленск. Церковь Николая Чудотворца..JPG|Church of St. Nicholas
File:Смоленск. Вознесенский собор..JPG|Ascension Cathedral
File:Смоленск. Богоявленский собор..JPG|Epiphany Cathedral
File:Avraamiev monastery in Smolensk - the view from the tower Zaaltarnoy.JPG|Savior-Transfiguration Avraamiev Monastery
File:Smolensk Trinity Monastery Holy Trinity Cathedral IMG 1913 2175.jpg|Holy Trinity Cathedral
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=== Monuments ===
Being the site of many great battles in Russian history, Smolensk is home to many monuments commemorating its rich military history.
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File:Opalennyiy tsvetok, Scorched Flower.jpg|The Scorched Flower, a monument to child prisoners of Nazi concentration camps
File:Tvardovsky Monument Smolensk.JPG|Monument to [[Alexander Tvardovsky]] and [[Vasily Terkin]]
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==== Lopatinsky garden ====
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File:Памятник Софийскому полку в Смоленске.JPG|Monument to the [[2nd Sofia Infantry Regiment]]
File:Смоленск. Пушка в Лопатинском саду..JPG|Cannon in Lopatinsky garden
File:Смоленск. Лопатинский сад..JPG|Monument to the defenders of Smolensk
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==== Square of Memory of Heroes ====
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File:Smolensk skver pamyati geroyev.jpg|View of the Heroes' Square
File:Смоленск. Памятник Благодарная Россия..JPG|The "Grateful Russia" Monument, commemorating the centenary of the Russian victory over Napoleon
File:Смоленск. Бюст Кутузова в Сквере Памяти Героев.JPG|The bust of [[Mikhail Kutuzov]]
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=== Education buildings ===
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File:Смоленск. Университет..JPG|[[Smolensk State University]] building
File:Russia sgtep april2007.jpg|Smolensk Polytechnic College building
File:Смоленск. Академия физической культуры..JPG|Smolensk Academy of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism building
File:Смоленск. Колледж телекоммуникаций..JPG|Smolensk College of Telecommunications building
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=== Post-war Stalinist buildings ===
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File:Смоленск. Здание советского периода..JPG
File:Смоленск. Жилой дом..JPG
File:Смоленск. Сталинка..JPG
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