Roslavl is a town and the administrative center of Roslavlsky District

Roslavlsky District

Roslavlsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 25 in Smolensk Oblast, Russia....

 of Smolensk Oblast

Smolensk Oblast

Smolensk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its area is . Population: -Geography:The administrative center of Smolensk Oblast is the city of Smolensk. Other ancient towns include Vyazma and Dorogobuzh....

, Russia

Russia

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. It is a road and rail junction and a market town. Population:

It was founded in 1137 by the Smolensk

Smolensk

Smolensk is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River. Situated west-southwest of Moscow, this walled city was destroyed several times throughout its long history since it was on the invasion routes of both Napoleon and Hitler. Today, Smolensk...

 prince Rostislav Mstislavitch, hence the name. Roslavl was chartered under Lithuania

Lithuania

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n rule in 1408 and ceded to Russia in 1667.

Among the natives of Roslavl were sculptors Mikhail Mikeshin

Mikhail Mikeshin

Mikhail Osipovich Mikeshin was a Russian artist who regularly worked for the Romanov family and designed a number of outdoor statues in the major cities of the Russian Empire.Mikeshin was born on 21 February 1835 in a village near Roslavl...

 and Sergey Konenkov

Sergey Konenkov

Sergey Timofeyevich Konenkov was a famous Russian and Soviet sculptor. He was often called "the Russian Rodin".-Early life:...

, sprinter Maria Leontyavna Itkina

Maria Leontyavna Itkina

Maria Leontyavna Itkina is a former Soviet runner and world record holder.-Personal life:Itkina is Jewish, and was born in Roslavl, Smolensk, Russia, and later lived in Minsk.-Running career:...

, as well as some ancestors of Fyodor Tyutchev

Fyodor Tyutchev

Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev is generally considered the last of three great Romantic poets of Russia, following Alexander Pushkin and Mikhail Lermontov.- Life :...

hail from Roslavl.