It is run by a religious order of nuns. It is an important pilgrimage site for Christians and Muslims, who visit an icon of Saint Mary which is attributed to Saint Luke.
Inside the system of regulatory divisions, Yelets fills in as the managerial focus of Yeletsky District, despite the fact that it's anything but a piece of it.
On July 8, 1395, after the refusal of Yelets citizens to hand over the town voluntarily, it was razed to the ground and burned by Timur (Tamerlan's) armies.
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