Old Smolensk Road

Old Smolensk Road (Russian: Старая Смоленская дорога) is a historical road (tract) in the Smolensk Oblast and Moscow Oblast, connecting the Moscow Kremlin and the Smolensk Fortress. On the Smolensk - Kardymovo - Dorogobuzh - Vyazma section it coincides with the P134 road, after Vyazma the roads diverge: P134 - to the north towards Zubtsov, Old Smolensk- to the east towards Mozhaysk. Another remnant of the Smolensk tract in the Moscow Oblast is the A100 Mozhaysk Highway. After the construction of the Moscow - Brest highway, which was completed in 1940, the Old Smolensk Road lost its national significance and is used mainly for intraregional communications, and in some places it disappeared completely and is not visible even as clearings on maps. The sections from Smolensk to Dorogobuzh and from Vyazma to Bushukovo are in good condition. From Bushukovo to the Chebotovo tract there is an ordinary forest road. From Vyazma to Gagarin the road is practically invisible.

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