Siege of Smolensk (1632–1633)

Siege of Smolensk
	Part of Smolensk War
	; Siege of Smolensk, engraving from 1636
Date	28 October 1632 – 4 October 1633
Location	Smolensk, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Result	Polish–Lithuanian victory
Belligerents
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
King Władysław IV; Samuel Drucki-Sokoliński; Krzysztof Radziwiłł; Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski	Mikhail Shein; Artemy Izmaylov; Semyon Prozorovsky; Bogdan Nagoy
Strength
Garrison of Smolensk:; 2,212 soldiers; less than 170 artillery pieces; Relief force:; 13,200 infantry and dragoons; 8,300 cavalry; 12,000 Zaporozhians	20,000–24,000 soldiers; 160 artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The siege of Smolensk lasted almost a year between 1632 and 1633, when the Muscovite army besieged the Polish–Lithuanian city of Smolensk during the war named after that siege. Russian forces of over 25,000 under Mikhail Borisovich Shein began the siege of Smolensk on 28 October. The Polish garrison under Samuel Drucki-Sokoliński numbered about 3,000. The fortress held out for nearly a year, and in 1633 the newly-elected Polish king Władysław IV organised a relief force. In a series of fierce engagements, Commonwealth forces gradually overran the Russian field fortifications, and by 4 October the siege had broken. Shein had become besieged in his camp, and began surrender negotiations in January 1634, capitulating around 1 March.