title: The Battle of Smolensk in 1941 in Soviet and Modern Historiography
abstract: The article analyzes the state of historiography of the Battle of Smolensk in&#x0D; 1941. Although this issue has already been studied in Soviet historiography, a number of new studies have been published over the past two decades, and the active use&#x0D; of previously closed archival documents, both Soviet and German, has begun. Photographic materials have become an important source of studying the battle. The author paid special attention to the analysis of the works of recent years. It was r
journal: Izvestia of Smolensk State University