• First mentioned in 1146 and the seat of a minor princedom in the 13th century, Yelets long served as a southern frontier fortress.
  • The Assalut of Yelets (20 July 1618 – ?) was the capture of the Moscow fortress by the Cossacks of Hetman Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny at the beginning of...
  • The official year of Yelets foundation is 1146. It is the year when the fortress was first mentioned in Nikonovskaya chronicle.
  • yelets kalesi. Elets Fortress.png. ... parçası olarak, voyvoda Prens Andrei Zvenigorodsky ve Ivan Myasny önderliğinde yeni bir Yelets kalesinin inşasına başlandı.
  • The central square was built in the place of the houses destroyed by the fire and the remains of the defensive fortress. ... 9. Yelets.
  • Oktyabrskaya St., 26, Yelets 399770 Rusya. Doğrudan ulaşın. ... The chapel was built on the site of the main gate of the Yeletsk fortress.
  • Initially Yelets was founded as a fortress city on the boundary of the Ancient Rus, and in all its nine-century history it has multiple times confirmed its title of a...
  • 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.
  • At the site of today's Yelets defensivethe fortress existed at the end of the eleventh century, although in the annals for the first time the city is mentioned only...
  • First mentioned in 1146, Yelets was a frontier fortress protecting the duchy of Ryazan from Polovtsian (Cuman) attacks.
  • 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...
  • The first graduates of the Re-School, who received the Master in Sphere of Heritage diploma, worked with the historical center of Yelets.
  • One of the most popular attractions in the city is the Yelets Kremlin. This historic fortress dates back to the 16th century and is surrounded by a moat and walls that...
  • 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...