• Area

  166,35 sq km

• Location

  Smolensk is a city in Western Russia, an important port on the Dnieper River.

• Geographic coordinates

  54 79 N, 32 05 E

• Population

  approx 350,000 (2005 est.)

• Foundation

  863

• Climate

  The climate of Smolensk is moderate-continental with a warm summer and cold winter. The average annual temperature is 4,6 degrees above zero. The coldest month is January (-9,4 C), the warmest is July (+17,1 C).

• UTC/GMT Offset

  UTC/GMT + 3 hours

• Area code

  0812

• Major attractions

  Kremlin and town walls, Uspensky Cathedral, several 12th-century churches, monuments to Kutuzov and to the composer M. I. Glinka.