Russia · 16th century
The Smolensk Kremlin (Russian: Смоленский кремль) is a fortified complex (kremlin) enclosing the center of the city of Smolensk in western Russia. The partially preserved fortress wall was built between 1595 and 1602, during the reigns of the tsars Feodor I and Boris Godunov. The length of the walls is about 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi), of which less than the half was preserved. The fortifications were built under the supervision of the architect Fyodor Kon. The Smolensk Kremlin is classified as an architectural monument protected at the federal level, and also has a great historical significance, in particular, as the fortress protecting the Russian state from the west over centuries.
Text adapted from “Smolensk Kremlin” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Smolensk Kremlin ranks #1,518 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #53 of the 146 mapped in Russia. Founded 1595, it is older than 32% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 891 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 4,969 times in the last 60 days, more than 86% of the atlas. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →