The first mention of Tula in the annals dates back to 1146. Her name is associated with many great people of Russia: writer Leo Tolstoy, poet Vasily Zhukovsky, composer Alexander Dargomyzhsky. All of them were born in the Tula province, and of course, they have been to this city more than once, took walks around Tula, admiring its ancient buildings. Years later, Tula is still interesting for everyone who manages to visit it - of course, because there are not so many places in Russia with such a rich and vibrant history.
Than the Tula land is rich
As soon as Tula is called: the shield of Moscow, the arms workshop of Russia, the capital of gingerbread and samovars … This ancient Russian city is famous for all this and many others.
The Tula Kremlin is a fortress structure of the 16th century, which for two centuries was an impregnable wall that covered the Russian borders from the south. Subsequently, he lost this role when, in the 18th century, the Russian Empire included the Ukrainian lands.
Yasnaya Polyana is a world famous place where the great Tolstoy lived and worked for half a century. The walls of the house-museum remember the author of War and Peace, Anna Karenina and other masterpieces.
Kulikovo field - a symbol of the liberation of Russia from the two-hundred-year yoke of the Tatar-Mongols - is also located on the Tula land.
The necropolis of the Demidovs, a kind of noble patrons of art, founded by the Tula blacksmith Nikita Demidov, is the rarest case in Russian history. The opening of the necropolis took place in the year of its 340th anniversary, in 1996.
Tula museums
- The Museum of Weapons was created in the 19th century at the Tula Arms Factory, which continues to produce weapons - both military and sports - to this day. In the twentieth century. the museum was separated from the plant, tk. its exposition no longer fit on the territory of the enterprise. Now it represents one of the world's largest collections of edged weapons and firearms.
- Museum of Samovars - it is impossible to walk past it in Tula, for which a samovar is more than a brand. This is one of the symbols of the city. It appeared in 1990, when the collection of samovars in the regional museum grew so much that there was simply not enough space for it.
- It is truly unthinkable to visit Tula and not taste this gingerbread. The museum has collected many different samples of Tula printed gingerbread, issued on a variety of occasions - for memorable historical dates, as well as dedicated to personal events: wedding, birthday, memorial. There is also a cafe where you can taste the exhibits.
