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Siege of Smolensk (1632–1633)

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the surrender terms, the Russians had to leave behind most of their artillery but were allowed to retain their banners after a ceremony in which they were laid before King Władysław. They also had to promise not to engage Commonwealth forces for the next three months. Shein's forces numbered around 12,000 at the time of their capitulation, but over 4,000, including most of the foreign contingent, immediately decided to defect to the Commonwealth.
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bombardment, Shein ordered an assault, which was repulsed by the Polish defenders. Nonetheless the siege was progressing; Smolensk's fortifications were being eroded, and the defenders were suffering heavy casualties and running out of supplies. By June 1633, some soldiers started to desert, and others talked of surrender.
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Shein began surrender negotiations in January 1634, and by February they were in full swing. The Russians finally signed a surrender treaty on 25 February 1634, and on 1 March they vacated their camp. (Some scholars, such as Rickard and Black, give the date of 1 March for Shein's capitulation.) Under
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Shein's army retreated to its main camp, which was in turn surrounded by Commonwealth forces in mid-October. The besieged Russians waited for relief, but none arrived, as Commonwealth and Cossack cavalry had been sent to disrupt the Russian rear. Some historians also cite dissent and internal
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around the fortress. Using tunnels and mines, his forces damaged a long section of the city wall and one of its towers. Russian heavy artillery, mostly of Western manufacture, reached Smolensk in December 1632 with even heavier guns arriving the following March. After a preliminary artillery
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organised a relief force. In a series of fierce engagements, Commonwealth forces gradually overran the Russian field fortifications, and by 4 October the siege had broken. Shein had become besieged in his camp, and began surrender negotiations in January 1634, capitulating around 1 March.
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to Bajów and later, Krasne. By February 1633, they had amassed around 4,500 soldiers, including over 2,000 infantry, and were engaged in raiding the rear areas of the Russian besiegers to disrupt their
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began the siege of Smolensk on 28 October. The Polish garrison under Samuel Drucki-Sokoliński numbered about 3,000. The fortress held out for nearly a year, and in 1633 the newly-elected Polish king
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Despite these difficulties, the city, commanded by Deputy Voivode Samuel Drucki-Sokoliński, held out throughout 1633 while the Commonwealth, under its newly-elected King
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divisions in the Russian camp as responsible for their inaction and ineffectiveness (Jasienica blames the Russian warlords, and Parker the foreign mercenaries). The
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and numbering between 10,000 and 20,000, arrived on 17 September would the Commonwealth army gain numerical superiority. The Cossacks under Orendarenko and
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By the summer of 1633, the relief force, led personally by the king and numbering about 25,000 (20,000 in the Polish-Lithuanian army, according to
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from those regions deserting the Russian camp to return to protect their homes. Some foreign mercenaries also deserted to the Commonwealth side.
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The Russian army that crossed the Lithuanian border in early October 1632 had been carefully prepared and was under the experienced command of
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would raid the Russian rear lines, freeing the Polish-Lithuanian units under Radziwiłł and Gosiewski to join the effort to break the siege.
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Compared to former Russian armies, Shein's army was significantly modernised. Dissatisfied with their traditional formations of
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in Smolensk were composed of the Smolensk garrison (about 1,600 men with 170 artillery pieces under the command of the
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force of about 1,500 strong. The city's fortifications had also recently been improved with Italian-style
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threatening the south Russian borderlands was a contributory factor, with many soldiers and
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officially sanctioned a declaration of war and authorised a large payment (6.5 million
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Shein began the siege of Smolensk on 28 October. The Muscovite forces constructed
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After the victory at Smolensk, the Commonwealth army moved towards the fortress
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became a fiasco. The negotiations began on 30 April, and would end with the
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Medal commemorating Polish victory over Russia in Smolensk 1634
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Diary of the Smolensk Campaign of Władysław IV 1633–1634
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Index

Siege of Smolensk (1632–33)
Siege of Smolensk (disambiguation)
Smolensk War

Smolensk
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Tsardom of Russia
King Władysław IV
Krzysztof Radziwiłł
Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski
Mikhail Shein
Artemy Izmaylov
Semyon Prozorovsky
Bogdan Nagoy
Zaporozhians
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e
Smolensk War
Dorogobuzh
Putivl
Polotsk
Smolensk
Belaya

Muscovite
besieged
Polish–Lithuanian
Smolensk

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