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Ye⋅lets

  [yuh-lets; Russ. yi-lyets]
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a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Moscow. 112,000.
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Ye·lets   (yə-lěts', yĭ-lyěts')   
A city of west-central Russia east-southeast of Orel. Population: 115,000.
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Yelets

city, Lipetsk oblast (province), western Russia, on the Sosna River. First mentioned in 1146 and the seat of a minor princedom in the 13th century, Yelets long served as a southern frontier fortress. It was captured by Timur in 1395 and by the Mongols in 1414; in 1483 it passed to Moscow. Although long noted for its handmade lace, Yelets today is an industrial city, with flour milling and engineering, and is also a railway junction. Pop. (1993 est.) 119,900

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