- The official year of Yelets foundation is 1146. It is the year when the fortress was first mentioned in Nikonovskaya chronicle.
- First mentioned in 1146 and the seat of a minor princedom in the 13th century, Yelets long served as a southern frontier fortress.
- 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.
- 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...
- Yelets kalesi veya Yelets Kremlin , 16.-17. yüzyıllarda güneydeki Rus devletinin savunmasında önemli rol oynayan Yelets'te bulunan tarihi bir kaledir .
- Yelets fortress. ... a log frame of an underground passage was discovered, which led from Red Square to the site of the western Livensky gate of the Yelets fortress.
- Oktyabrskaya St., 26, Yelets 399770 Rusya. Doğrudan ulaşın. ... The chapel was built on the site of the main gate of the Yeletsk fortress.
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- Yelets Kremlin : A historic fortress built in the 16th century.
- Old Merchant Houses : Explore the well-preserved homes of Yelets’ merchant class.
- Yelets, as you know, was a fortress. And the red brick vaults of the Vladimir Church are the keepers of secrets and memories of the ancient Yelets.
- In the late 16th century the fortress of Yelets was reconstructed and the town later flourished as an industrial and trade centre, particularly well-known for...
- 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, whose task was to...
- 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.