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Vyazma (Russian: Вязьма) is a town and the administrative center of Vyazemsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vyazma River, about halfway between Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast, and Mozhaysk.
Vyazma, today, is a placid regional center with a population of some 56,000 just off the Minsk Highway, the main road from Moscow to the West. Administratively a part of Smolensk Province,...
- William Brumfield
The Battle of Vyazma (3 November 1812; 22 October by OS), occurred at the beginning of Napoleon 's retreat from Moscow. In this encounter a Russian force commanded by General Miloradovich inflicted heavy losses on the rear guard of the Grande Armée. [6] .
- 3 November 1812 (22 Oct. by OS)
- Russian victory
Jul 5, 2013 · The center of Vyazma was severely damaged during World War II and now this part of town is a mixture of post-war Soviet architecture with 19th-century buildings rebuilt from the ruins of war.
- William Brumfield
The Germans turned the Rzhev-Vyazma Salient into a genuine fortress. In front of Rzhev alone, they built 559 earth and timber emplacements and dugouts, and seven kilometers of anti-tank...
- Boris Egorov
…off a great encirclement around Vyazma, where 600,000 more Soviet troops were captured. That left the Germans momentarily with an almost clear path to Moscow. But the Vyazma battle had not been completed until late October; the German troops were tired, the country became a morass as the weather got…
Vyazma (vyäz´mə), city (1989 pop. 59,000), N central European Russia, on the Vyazma River, a tributary of the Dnieper. Founded in the 9th cent., Vyazma became an important trade and military center that was an object of contention among Russia, Lithuania, and Poland.
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