Located in Russia.
Tula is a city in Russia, the administrative center of the Tula region. Tula is located in the north of the Central Russian Upland on the bank of the Upa River, 193 km south of Moscow.
Tula was first mentioned in the Nikon chronicle of the XVI century under the year 1146. On the territory of Tula there are more than 300 objects of cultural heritage: these are monuments of architecture and urban planning, history, works of monumental art, archeology. In the tourism sector, Tula is known in three directions, rooted in the history of the city: arms, samovar and gingerbread. Each of them is represented in the city by the Museum of Weapons, one of the largest in Russia, the Museum of samovars and the Museum of Tula gingerbread. Also the hallmark of the city is the Tula Kremlin, the oldest building of the city, a monument of architecture of the XVI century. 14 km south-west of Tula is the house-museum of Leo Tolstoy Yasnaya Polyana – a unique center of historical and cultural life of Russia, associated with the name of the greatest writer and thinker of the XIX — XX centuries.
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Author of photos: Lilia Trunova, T. Kirshyna (Khin’ko)