Yelets
A Russian provincial city on the Bystraya Sosna River, Yelets rewards visitors with a walkable centre of red-brick imperial-era architecture, crowned by a striking crenellated clock tower rising above snow-dusted streets.
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- Population115,688
- Nearest water from center 0.1 km0.1 mi
Nearest airports
Yelets: quick answers
Where is Yelets?
Yelets is in Russia, about 70 km44 miles in a straight line from Lipetsk.
How do you get to Yelets?
The nearest airport is Lipetsk (LPK), about 1 hr 29 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Yelets?
The warmest month is July, averaging 21°C69°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at -7°C20°F. The wettest month is July, with about 70 mm2.7 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Yelets?
OpenStreetMap lists 9 museums, 8 restaurants, 14 cafés and 10 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.