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Oblast | Tula | |
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Residents | 485.221 (2017) | |
height | 170 m | |
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Tula (Тула) is the capital of homonymous oblast in central Russia.
background
As a fortress city, Tula has been an important center of the Russian arms industry for about 300 years. The city was besieged by the German Wehrmacht in 1941 and largely destroyed, but not captured.
getting there
By plane
By train
- 1 Tula long-distance train station - Moskovsky Voksal, also in timetables: Tula-1: long-distance trains on the route Moscow (Kurskij Woksal) - Oryol - Kursk - Belgorod - Kharkiv; every train stops here.
- 2 Tula Vyaschemskaya Ряжский вокзал (Rjaschskij voksal), route Moscow (Kiewskij Voksal) - Tula Vyaschemskaya - Stary Oskol
By bus
In the street
By boat
mobility
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Map of Tula (Russia)
There is a tram in Tula.
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Tula Kremlin (Тульский кремль). 1509-1520.
- 2 Uspensky Cathedral (Успенский собор). Erected in 1762.
- Apparition Cathedral. Erected in 1862.
- Church of the Annunciation of the Mother of God. 1692.
- Church of the Nativity of Christ and Nicholas in Saretschje (Demidow Church). Erected 1730-1734.
- All Saints Church. 1762, 85 m high bell tower, 1825.
- Former Old Orthodox Church of the Annunciation of the Mother of God. Erected around 1910, today an office building.
- Twelve Apostles Church. 1898.
- Shcheglow Monastery of the Holy Mother of God. Erected in 1868.
- House of the musician and accordion developer Nikolai Beloborodow (1828–1912). Erected in the early 19th century, now a museum.
- Former home of the Smidowitsch family of doctors and the birthplace of the writer Wikenti Veressajew (1867–1945)
- Former house of the nobility assembly and former Tula drama theater
- Monument to Tsar Peter the Great, next to the arms factory. Erected in 1912.
- 3 Arms Museum
- 4 Gingerbread Museum
- 5 Samovar Museum
- Art Museum of Tula Oblast
- Yasnaya Polyana Museum Complex
- 6 Torture Museum. Former torture cellar in the Spassky Tower of the Kremlin.
- Tulskije Drevnosti Local History Museum
- Tula Necropolis Museum Complex
- Pharmacy Museum
- Kremlin Gardens
- Central Belousov Park
- Tula Oblast Zoo Exotarium
- Ulitsa Metallistov. With many classicist buildings from the 19th century.
- Loschtschad Pobedy. Memorial with an eternal flame.
activities
- Maxim Gorky State Academic Drama Theater
- U Tolstovsky Sastavy Theater
- Puppet theater
- Children's and youth theater
- Philharmonic
- circus
- Six cinemas
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
Learn
- Tula State University
- Leo Tolstoy State Pedagogical University of Tula
- Tula Technical Artillery Institute
health
Practical advice
trips
literature
Web links
- http://www.tula.ru/ (ru) - Official website of Tula