Jelez

city Yelets Елец flag coat of arms Federal district Central Russia Oblast Lipetsk Urban district Jelez mayor Yevgeny Borowskich (acting) First mention 1146 City since 1778 surface 65  km² population 108,404 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 1668 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 140  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 47467 Post Code 399770-399788 License Plate 48 OKATO 42 415 Website www.elets-adm.ru Geographical location Coordinates 52 ° 37 ′  N , 38 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  N , 38 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Lipetsk Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Jelez ( Russian Еле́ц ) is a city with 108,404 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010) in the Russian Oblast Lipetsk .

geography

Yelets is located on the Bystraya Sosna , a right Don creek, about 80 km west of the regional capital Lipetsk and 350 km south-southeast of Moscow . Closest city is Sadonsk 37 km southeast.

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  View of the Bystraja Sosna and the old town

history

Jelez was first mentioned in 1146 as a fortress town. In 1395 and 1414 it was destroyed by the Mongols , after which it remained deserted. In the 17th century, Jelez was repopulated as a trading and administrative town in the fertile black earth region.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	46,956
1926	43,239
1939	50,891
1959	77,900
1970	100,735
1979	111,773
1989	120,261
2002	116,726
2010	108,404

Note: census data

Attractions

There are many imposing buildings in the city, including the Assumption Cathedral by the famous Russian architect Konstantin Thon .

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  Assumption Cathedral

Economy and Transport

Today Jelez is a traffic junction and center of the Rajon of the same name . It is located on the Russian M4 highway from Moscow to Novorossiysk . The economy is dominated by agriculture and the processing of its products in mills, leather factories and food-producing companies.

sons and daughters of the town

• Alexander Petrow (1876-1941), wrestler
• Dmitri Jegorow (1878–1931), historian
• Nikolai Massalitinow (1880–1961), Bulgarian-Russian director
• Alexander Bartschenko (1881–1938), occultist and writer
• Julija Dombrowskaja (1891–1976), pediatrician
• Nikolai Orlow (1892–1964), pianist and music teacher
• Alexei Rodionov (1898–1965), major general
• Tikhon Khrennikov (1913-2007), composer
• Tamara Zelikowskaja (1935–2019), architect
• Oleg Kopayev (1937-2010), football player

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ↑ Родионов, Алексей Павлович , warheroes.ru (Russian)

Web links

Commons : Jelez  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City Council website (Russian)
• Unofficial website (Russian)
• Yelets State University website about the city (Russian)
• Jelez on mojgorod.ru (Russian)