Map of Yelets, Russia
Yelets is a city in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, with a population of about 115,688. It lies at 52.6144°N, 38.5093°E. Yelets is about 354 km (220 mi) south of Moscow, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Yefremov, 64 km to the northwest.
Yelets at a glance
Country
Region
Lipetsk Oblast
Population
115,688GeoNames
Coordinates
52.6144, 38.509352°36′52″N 38°30′34″E
Time zone
Europe/MoscowUTC+03:00
Local time
–
Distance to Moscow
354 km (220 mi)
Where is Yelets?
- The 2nd largest city in Lipetsk Oblast on this site.
- Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
- Daylight ranges from about 7 h 38 min on the shortest day to 16 h 51 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).
Cities near Yelets
- Yefremov — 64 km northwest
- Livny — 65 km west
- Lipetsk — 72 km east
- Gryazi — 98 km east
- Voronezh — 114 km southeast
- Novovoronezh — 153 km south
- Staryy Oskol — 153 km south
- Uzlovaya — 154 km north
- Gubkin — 162 km southwest
- Rossosh’ — 166 km south
Largest cities in Lipetsk Oblast
Largest cities in Russia
- Moscow — 10,381,222
- Saint Petersburg — 5,351,935
- Novosibirsk — 1,612,833
- Yekaterinburg — 1,495,066
- Nizhniy Novgorod — 1,259,013
- Kazan — 1,243,500
- Chelyabinsk — 1,202,371
- Omsk — 1,172,070
- Samara — 1,163,399
- Rostov-na-Donu — 1,130,305
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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.