Yelnya

Yelnya is a town and the regulatory focal point of Yelninsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Desna River, 82 kilometers from Smolensk, the authoritative focus of the oblast. It was first specified in the verifiable archives in 1150 when as per the request of knyaz Rostislav of Smolensk it was to make good on a regulatory obligation of four grivnas and a fox skin. The settlement shared the historical backdrop of the Smolensk lands—it paid obligation to the Golden Horde, at that point was caught by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish– Lithuanian Commonwealth.

It was come back to Russia with whatever remains of the Smolensk Voivodeship at the end of the Russo-Polish War of 1654– 1667. In 1776, it was conceded town status and turned into the seat of a uyezd. Inside the structure of authoritative divisions, Yelnya fills in as the managerial focus of Yelninsky District. As a regulatory division, it is, as one with ten rustic areas, fused inside Yelninsky District as Yelninskoye Urban Settlement. As a civil division, this regulatory unit additionally has urban settlement status and is a piece of Yelninsky Municipal District. You can come here and explore this place.