Yeleninka

Coordinates: 53°07′N 59°53′E / 53.117°N 59.883°E / 53.117; 59.883

Yelenika (Еленинка), also known as Yeleninsky (Еленинский) and Yeleninskoye (Еле́нинское), is a rural locality (a selo) in Kartalinsky District of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.

It is the birthplace of Vasily Zaytsev, a famous World War II Soviet sniper.


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