Anna Svyatoslavna of Smolensk (died on July 31, 1418) was the second wife of Vytautas the Great of Lithuania. She helped Vytautas to escape from prison at the castle of Kreva in 1382, thus rescuing his life. July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining. ... Events May 19 - Capture of Paris by John, Duke of Burgundy September - Beginning of English Siege of Rouen Mircea the Old, ruler of Wallachia dies and is succeeded by Vlad I Uzurpatorul. ... Vytautas the Great, 17th century painting The castle in Trakai. ... Kreva (Belarusian: , Lithuanian: , Polish: ) is a town in Belarus, near the border of Lithuania and Belarus. ...

According to the Bykhovets Chronicle, Anna was a sister of George of Smolensk, the last sovereign ruler of that city. A document from 1413 mentions a "Russian duke Basil" as Vytautas's brother-in-law. Indeed, one of Anna's (and George's) brothers was named Basil. Yury Svyatoslavich or Georgy Svyatoslavovich (Russian: or Георгий Святославович) was the last sovereign ruler of Smolensk and Bryansk (1386-95, 1401-04) whose life was spent in vain attempts to fend off aggression by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. ...

In 1933 Lithuanian historian, Ignas Jonynas, published a research in which he attempted to debunk the chronicles and demonstrate that Anna was the sister of Sudimantas, a nobleman from Eišiškės (Lithuania). The only thing known about Sudimantas is that he was once mentioned as Vytautas's brother-in-law, as was Prince Lev of Drutsk. Mainstream historians believe that both Sudimantas and Lev of Drutsk were married to sisters of Vytautas's first wife, Princess Maria of Lukoml.

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• Tęgowski J. Małżeństwa księcia Witolda Kiejstutowicza // Rocz. Poi. Tow. Heraldycznego. — 1.2. — 1995. — S. 177-182