- Another thing worth visiting is the museum of folk handicrafts and crafts, and also go down to the place where the Yelets fortress stood...
- 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, as you know, was a fortress. And the brick red vaults of the Vladimir Church are the keepers of secrets and memories of the ancient Yelets.
- 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...
- 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...
- There you can see the walls and towers of the Kremlin (fortress), including its famous bells, visit Lenin's Mausoleum (and he's not the only person ... Yelets.
- 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.
- In 1483, the Principality of Yelets was absorbed by Muscovy, while the local Rurikid rulers (last heard of in the 19th century) entered the service of Ivan III.
- First mentioned in 1146, Yelets was a frontier fortress protecting the duchy of Ryazan from Polovtsian (Cuman) attacks.