{"slug": "smolensk", "label": "Smolensk", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smolensk", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2337", "qid": "Q2337", "description": "city and administrative center of Smolensk Oblast in central Russia", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [863, 2010], "span_label": ["863 CE", "2010 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ukraine", "label": "Ukraine", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "russia", "label": "Russia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "april", "label": "April", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kiev", "label": "Kiev", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "grand-duchy-of-moscow", "label": "Grand Duchy of Moscow", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vytautas", "label": "Vytautas", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 863, "year_label": "863 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "The first written record is made of Smolensk (according to the Primary Chronicle).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322668706#Europe", "title": "863", "revid": 1322668706, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1223, "year_label": "1223 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April", "text": "April – The Russian princes lead their separate armies from different parts of Russia, to assemble 60 kilometres downriver from Kiev. There are three main groups of princes taking part in the campaign; the Kievan army is represented by Grand Prince Mstislav Romanovich (the Old). The second group are the Chernigov and Smolensk armies under Prince Mstislav II. The third group is the Galician-Volhynian army under Mstislav Mstislavich with his son-in-law Daniel of Galicia, leaving from northern Ukraine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1336497375#Mongol_Empire", "title": "1223", "revid": 1336497375, "section": "Events › Other events, by place › Mongol Empire"}}, {"year": 1403, "year_label": "1403 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Grand Duke Vytautas ends his alliance with Muscovy, and captures Vyazma and Smolensk.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371593649#Date_unknown", "title": "1403", "revid": 1371593649, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1654, "year_label": "1654 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 5", "text": "July 5 – The Russian Army camps outside Smolensk and the Thirteen Years' War starts between Russia and Poland over Ukraine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365981814#July–September", "title": "1654", "revid": 1365981814, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1654, "year_label": "1654 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 23", "text": "September 23 – Smolensk falls to the Russian Army after almost three months.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365981814#July–September", "title": "1654", "revid": 1365981814, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1667, "year_label": "1667 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 6", "text": "February 6 (January 27 O.S.) – The Treaty of Andrusovo is signed during the Russo-Polish War. Poland cedes eastern Ukraine, including Kiev and Smolensk, to Russia, ending Poland's status as a major Central European power.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365989201#January–March", "title": "1667", "revid": 1365989201, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 2010, "year_label": "2010 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "April 10", "text": "April 10 – The president of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, is among 96 killed when their airplane crashes near Smolensk, Russia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372829682#April", "title": "2010", "revid": 1372829682, "section": "Events › April"}}]}