Yelets - Elder Brother of Moscow

Yelets, Russia

What is Russia? To find the answer only in Moscow and St. Petersburg is not enough. If you have such opportunity visit little old Russian towns. One of them is Yelets, located in 393 kilometers from Moscow. It was founded in 1146. Therefore, it is older than Moscow that was found in 1147. People say that Yelets is as old as ancient Russia. Having such a long history, the town survived in many wars.

The Red Square, Yelets

Yelets emblem

Yelets has his own Red Square and pedestrianized street. The Red Square tells the history of defeats of people living here in different centuries. 

Ascension Cathedral and the Red Square, Yelets

One of the main points of Yelets, Ascension Cathedral, is also here situated. It is the fourth Orthodox church in Russia if consider its size. The largest three churches are located in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Voronezh.

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Walking along the pedestrianized street you will see many old buildings. Wander other central streets and you will find many interesting objects, stone and wooden. Yelets has the atmosphere of cosiness and calm.

Nicolay Zhukov monument, Yelets

Ivan Bunin monument, Yelets

Yelets is connected with the writer, Nobel Prize Laureate Ivan Bunin, composer Tikhon Hrennikov and artist Nicolay Zhukov. Here you will find places reminding about them. For example, there are monuments to them. Moreover, you can visit houses, where they lived.

Museum of lace, Yelets

Yelets is known all over Russia as the town where wonderful lace is made. Now there is the factory that you can visit, museum and the shop. Lace weaving in Yelets began in XIX century. First sketches were brought from Europe. However, sometime later Yelets created its own design and amazed Europe.

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Walking around look at details, people living here and feel Russian provincial life. Yelets is very neat. Sometimes it is seemed that time has stopped here.

As you can see I visited Yelets several times. And every my visit was really interesting.

And in coclusion, Yelets cat.

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