This is the next volume fourteen in the "Discovering Russia" series, originally established in 2005 with the support of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies. This volume is devoted to the architectural heritage of Smolensk, an ancient center of Russian culture. The text and photographs are by William Craft Brumfield, a leading western specialist on the history of Russian architecture, Professor of Slavic Studies at Tulane University and honorary Fellow of two Russian national academies: the Academy of the Arts and the Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences. Color illustrations. Enamel-paper. Abstract and list of illustrations in English.