| Yelsk | |
| Native Name: | Ельск |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Flag Size: | 150 |
| Pushpin Map: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Belarus |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gomel Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Yelsk District |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Total: | 8,724 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Timezone: | MSK |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 51.8167°N 38°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 247831, 247872, 247873 |
| Area Code: | +375 2354 |
| Blank Name: | License plate |
| Blank Info: | 3 |
Yelsk (Belarusian: Ельск|Jeĺsk; Russian: Ельск; Polish: Jelsk; Lithuanian: Jelskas) is a town in Gomel Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Yelsk District.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 8,724.[1]
Yelsk was greatly affected by radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.
The city was occupied by German troops during summer 1941. The local Jews of Yelsk were gathered and deported towards Kalinkovichi and Mozyr. Approximately two weeks after the departure of the Jews of Yelsk, the Jews of the nearby Jewish village of Skorodnoye were brought in and locked inside a building. Then, the Germans set fire to the building all the Jews were burned alive.[2]