- Skhematicheskaya karta «Zaselennaya okruga Eletskoy kreposti v kontse XVI veka [Schematic map -The populated area of the Yelets fortress at the end of...
- English: Yelets (Lipetsk oblast), Ascension cathedral in Yelets, Russia (1845-89, Konstantin Thon).
- The Red Square was part of the Yelets fortress. Its name, which refers to the color red, reminded local residents of the blood shed by the guardians of the city...
- Skhematicheskaya karta «Zaselennaya okruga Eletskoy kreposti v kontse XVI veka [Schematic map ―The populated area of the Yelets fortress at the end of...
- Yelets, or Elets (Russian: Елец ), is a city in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Bystraya Sosna River, which is a tributary of the Don.
- Yelets is located on the Bystraja Sosna, a right Don Creek, approximately 80 km west of the regional capital Lipetsk and 350 km south- southeast of Moscow.
- There are Yelets was a merchant town botanical garden with botanical garden with exotic plants located there.
- After being destroyed several times, Yelets fortress was reconstructed in 1592, together with other fortresses on southern boundaries of the Muscovite state...
- Initially established as a fortress on the Ivtsevaya River, Yelets played a significant role in protecting the Russian borders from nomadic invasions.