Near the city, on a hill on the bank of the Kama River, is the Yelabuga hillfort, the remains of a 10th-century fortress from the time of the ancient state of Volga Bulgaria. Today, almost nothing remains of it except for a sole tower.
One of Russia's most significant artists was born in Yelabuga in 1832. There, he spent his childhood and youth, began to paint and would often visit it for inspirati
