Смоленск в цвете : 1941 -1942 Smolensk in Colour: 1941-1942 Music: Excerpt from the Introduction and Adagio from “The Lady and the Hooligan” by D. Shostakovich During the Great Patriotic War, Smolensk saw wide-scale fighting during the first Battle of Smolensk when the city was captured by the Nazis on July 16, 1941. The first Soviet counteroffensive against the German army was launched in August 1941 but failed. However, the limited Soviet victories outside the city halted the German advance for a cruc
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