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Smolensk War

Military failure · Treaty of Polyanovka

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1632–1634

Michael I Romanov's government attempted to recover Smolensk, lost during the Time of Troubles. Mikhail Shein's army was surrounded and surrendered; the peace largely confirmed the territorial losses of the preceding period but settled Władysław's dynastic claims.

Period
1632–1634
Belligerents
The Russian state — the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Outcome
Smolensk was not recovered; Władysław IV renounced his rights to the Russian throne
Settlement
Treaty of Polyanovka, 1634

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