I-Yelets Lace yaziwa eRussia kusukela ukuphela kwekhulu le-XVIII. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho, ema-Yelets, kwavuka esinye sezikhungo, lapho amaRussia aqala khona ngenkuthalo esebenza kahle eYurophu evela eYurophu. Isitifiketi sokuqala sikaLace sathandana ngo-1801, njengoba kufakazelwa okwedlule ngethawula ngombhalo: "Lawa mabhodi athungathwe yindodakazi kaDinakonova u-Alexander Ivanov 1801."
I-Europa yaqala yahlangana nesimangaliso sentambo evela kuma-yalets ngo-1873 embukisweni wezwe eVienna. Imisebenzi ye-Yelets Masters ngokushesha idonsele ukunaka komphakathi futhi yathola ukuhlolwa okuphezulu kochwepheshe. Ama-Yeletic Laces ahlukaniswa kusuka kulo lonke i-Russian Lace Race enobuqili, e-embossed noma intambo enemibala, eyethulwe kuphethini eliqinile nelibucayi ngephethini ecacile nezinhlobonhlobo zezixazululo ezihlukile. U-Yelets Lace uthole uhlobo oluhlukile lwama-diplomas, izindondo eMbukweni Womhlaba eParis (1937), amaBrussels (1958), Montreal (1967), OSAKA (1970). Ngo-1994, kwanikezwa indondo yegolide embukisweni eMoscow. Sekukonke, isimangaliso se- "Yeletsky" sasiboniswa ngemibukiso yezizwe eziyi-120. Amasampula amahle kakhulu wemisebenzi ye-Elec Masters afakiwe ekuqoqweni kwezindawo zokugcina eziholayo, futhi atholakala namaqoqo amaningi angasese eRussia naseYurophu.
