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Yelets (yĭlyĕts`), city (1989 pop. 120,000), E central Russia, on the Sosna River, a tributary of the Don. A rail junction in a black-earth agricultural district, the city exports livestock and grain. Yelets has been famed for its lace since the 19th cent. Other industries include grain milling, leather tanning, and the manufacture of machinery and hydroelectric equipment. First mentioned in 1146, Yelets was a frontier fortress protecting the duchy of Ryazan from Polovtsian (Cuman) attacks. It was taken by Timur in 1395 and the Mongols in 1414. Virtually abandoned in the 15th cent., the city revived in the 17th cent. and became an important commercial center. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To take an example, in February 1943 the Central Front comprised of three combined-arms armies and support weapons was moved by rail over a distance of 1,000 km from near Stalingrad to the Kursk sector near Yelets and it subsequently moved up under its own power to the point of commitment to battle (northwest of Kursk) 250-300 km away. In addition, earlier this year the company acquired the Yelets Experimental Tobacco Factory, a tobacco processing plant in central Russia. It should be noted in particular that the journal provided descriptions of major operations conducted by the friendly forces immediately in their wake, some cases in point being the Tula, Rostov, Yelets, and Toropets operations, the battle for Moscow, the defense of Odessa, the Tikhvin operation, the Stalingrad and Kursk battles, and others. |
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