On 2 June 1611 Smolensk had finally fallen to the Poles. After enduring 20 months of siege, two harsh winters and dwindling food supplies, the Russians in Smolensk finally reached their limit as the Polish-Lithuanian troops broke through the city gates. The Polish army, advised by the runaway traitor Andrei Dedishin, discovered a weakness in the fortress defenses, and on 13 June 1611 Cavalier of Malta Bartłomiej Nowodworski inserted a mine into a sewer canal. The explosion created a large breach in the fortress walls. The fortress fell on the same day.:563 The remaining 3,000 Russian soldiers took refuge in the Assumption Cathedral and blew themselves up with stores of gunpowder to avoid death at the hands of the invaders.:563 Although it was a blow to lose Smolensk, the defeat freed up Russian troops to fight the Commonwealth in Moscow, and the Russian commander at Smolensk, Mikhail Borisovich Shein, was considered a hero for holding out as long as he had. He was captured at Smolensk and remained a prisoner of Poland-Lithuania for the next nine years.

Who had blown themselves up with gunpowder in the Assumption Cathedral, the Russian Soldiers or the Polish troops?
A: Russian soldiers

As of the census of 2000, there were 61,676 people, 23,291 households, and 15,115 families residing in the county.  The population density was 62 people per square mile (24/km²).  There were 28,481 housing units at an average density of 28 per square mile (11/km²).  The racial makeup of the county was 95.80% White (U.S. Census), 1.75% African American (U.S. Census), 0.23% Native American (U.S. Census), 0.63% Asian (U.S. Census), 0.05% Pacific Islander (U.S. Census), 0.50% from Race (United States Census), and 1.05% from two or more races. Hispanic (U.S. Census) or Latino (U.S. Census) of any race were 1.90% of the population. 15.0% were of Irish people, 14.9% English people, 14.9% Germans, 11.3% Italian people and 9.1% United States ancestry according to Census 2000. 95.4% spoke English language and 2.1% Spanish language as their first language.

Did fewer people have Irish or German ancestry?
A: German

As of the census of 2010, there were 7,708 people, 2,380 households, and 907 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 2,516 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 85.2% White (U.S. Census), 1.0% African American (U.S. Census), 0.4% Native American (U.S. Census), 11.2% Asian (U.S. Census), 0.1% Race (U.S. Census), 0.4% from Race (U.S. Census), and 1.8% from two or more races. Hispanic (U.S. Census) or Latino (U.S. Census) of any race were 1.8% of the population.

Which two racial groups consist of at least 10% or more of the population?
A:
White