Elec 10 rubles 2011 SPMD

Elec 10 rubles 2011 SPMD

The reverse in the upper right portion of the disk is represented by the coat of arms of the city Elec, in the center - the panorama of the city. The top of the ring at the edge of the rim - the inscription: "THE ANCIENT CITY OF RUSSIA", at the bottom - "Elec."

In Lipetsk region on the tributaries of the Don Quick Elchika Pines and in ancient times there was a border fortress Elec. It serves for the protection of the Russian state from the raids of the steppe nomads, hunted in the wild pitch. The first written mention of Yelets as a city is to the chronicle of the year 1146. This date is considered to be the year of its foundation, but historical data show that much older Elec.

In carrying out the task entrusted to the city for the protection of borders of Russia, Elec repeatedly subjected to numerous raids Polovtsy, many times it completely destroyed the hordes of Mongols. Several times the town burned down in the fires. But whenever he is reborn from the ashes of destruction, and again and again. From the 12th century, the Principality Eletskoye specific part of the Ryazan principality and continues to carry the border service. And in the 15th century, when the dace under the authority of Moscow, comes the relative calm, the city begins to develop, expand, increasing its population.

Gradually, the Russian state grows, its boundaries are pushed further away from Yelets, the city begins to actively trade in bread, swings adjacent Chernozemye appear craft enterprises.

City Elec known to us his Ascension Cathedral, built in the 19th century architectural ensemble of urban residential estates, Elets lace. His famous by such famous people as the writer M. Prishvin, Nobel Prize winner Ivan Bunin, composer Tikhon Khrennikov, DI Pisarev, A. Safonov, and many others.

Date of issue 1 March 2011