- First mentioned in 1146 and the seat of a minor princedom in the 13th century, Yelets long served as a southern frontier fortress.
- The official year of Yelets foundation is 1146. It is the year when the fortress was first mentioned in Nikonovskaya chronicle.
- Yelets is one of the oldest cities in the Black Earth region It appeared as a fortress on the banks of the Bystraya Sosna River in 1146.
- yelets kalesi. Elets Fortress.png. ... Yelets, hizmet ve zanaatkarların yaşadığı bir yerdi. Kale ve yerleşimin çevresinde yerleşim yerleri kurulmuştur.
- The Red Square was part of the Yelets fortress. Its name reminded locals of the blood shed there by the defenders of the city, who stood guard over it more than...
- Adres. Oktyabrskaya St., 26, Yelets 399770 Rusya. Doğrudan ulaşın. ... The chapel was built on the site of the main gate of the Yeletsk fortress.
- At the end of the 16th century, construction of Yelets began. The Vladimir master I. Katerinin arrives in the city and creates a plan for a new fortress and fort.
- At the end of 1591, by decree of Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich, under the leadership of governor Ivan Myasny, the construction of a new fortress Yelets began.
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- Yelets fortress. ... Today almost all the underground passages in Yelets are filled up, and, alas, it is impossible to check the old legends.
- First mentioned in 1146, Yelets was a frontier fortress protecting the duchy of Ryazan from Polovtsian (Cuman) attacks.
- History of the town of Yelets. It arose as a fortress city on the border with the “Wild Field” in a series of fortress cities built in the X-XII centuries...
- In the year 1395 Tamerlane invaded the Russian lands, came up to Yelets, which at that times was a border fortress, captured it by siege...
- In the late 16th century the fortress of Yelets was reconstructed and the town later flourished as an industrial and trade centre, particularly...